US-based human rights foundation awards Enes Kanter Freedom human rights prize
The US-based Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice on Tuesday announced they would honor activist and former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom with...
Turkish asylum seekers stranded in Greek border town post video asking for help
Turkish asylum seekers on Wednesday posted a video on social media saying they had been stranded in the Greek border town of Feres for...
Council of Europe urges Turkey’s top court to quickly conclude examination of Demirtaş’s detention
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ Deputies has called on Turkey’s Constitutional Court to expeditiously examine an application from Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş...
Turkey summons Swedish envoy over Erdoğan images used during protests: report
Swedish Ambassador to Turkey Staffan Herrström was summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Monday over images of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that were...
Turkish prisons at 16 percent overcapacity: report
Turkish prisons are holding 49,518 more prisoners than their overall capacity, Bold Medya reported, citing the latest data from the Directorate General of Prisons...
Article 19 calls for release of first journalist arrested under Turkey’s ‘disinformation’ law
The Europe branch of Article 19, a London-based international organization defending free expression worldwide, has called for the release of a journalist who was...
‘Democracy vigil’ launched in support of İstanbul mayor facing political ban, prison sentence
A group of people launched a “democracy vigil” in İstanbul in support of the city’s popular mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was recently handed down...
120 heavily armed police raid 15 houses to detain students suspected of Gülen links
Police armed with heavy weapons and drones raided the homes of 15 people – mainly university students -- in the southern Turkish province of...
German foreign minister calls on Turkey to release political prisoners, including Kavala and Demirtaş
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday called on the Turkish government to release individuals who remain behind bars despite rulings by the European...
Turkey working to open 2 more border crossings with Syria for humanitarian operations
Turkey is working to open two more border crossings with Syria to allow more humanitarian aid to enter the country after the two neighbors...
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