Swedish journalist Joakim Medin sent to İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, detained in Turkey last week on terrorism-related allegations, was arrested on March 29 and transferred two days later to Silivri...
Rights activists struggle to keep Yusuf Bilge Tunç on the agenda 5 years into...
Turkish human rights activists on Wednesday took to the social media platform X to draw attention to Yusuf Bilge Tunç, a former public sector...
Jailed Kurdish politician says she is kept in isolation
Hüda Kaya, a former member of the Turkish parliament who was imprisoned in November over 2014 protests in Kurdish provinces, has said she is...
Main opposition leader ignores protest of mother whose son was arrested post-coup
Özgür Özel, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), ignored Sevinç Çakır, who was protesting in front of the Justice Ministry...
Alevi leader attacked in Istanbul in apparent hate crime
Selami Sarıtaş, an Alevi leader in Istanbul's Kartal district, was attacked and beaten in front of his house on Friday by two unknown assailants...
158 people face detention over alleged Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 158 people over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, Turkish Minute reported, citing the Demirören news...
Turkey to deport couple facing execution in Iran
Turkish authorities have decided on the deportation of an Iranian Kurdish couple despite the fact that they face execution in Iran for having taken...
Turkey issues arrest warrant for Die Welt journalist Yücel
A Turkish court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for Die Welt columnist Deniz Yücel, who is being tried in absentia on charges of...
Prominent Swedes call on gov’t not to hand over dissidents to Erdoğan
Seventeen prominent Swedish figures have released a letter urging their government not to bow to pressure from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who demanded...
Kurdish man beaten by prison guards for resisting strip-search
Kendal Barut, a Kurdish inmate in Diyarbakır Prison was beaten by guards for resisting a strip-search when he was transferred to Elazığ Prison, the...
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