Another dismissed public employee abducted in broad daylight in Turkey’s capital Ankara
Yet another victim of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movemenet was abducted by forcinh...
Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 94 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 94 people including active duty military and police officers due to alleged links...
CISST report finds Turkish prisons do not accommodate foreign inmates
A new report by the Civil Society in the Penal System (CISST) said foreign inmates in Turkish prisons were facing many difficulties, including a...
21 bar associations, NGOs call for release of 83-year-old inmate with severe health problems
Twenty-one bar associations and civil society organizations on Friday issued a joint statement calling on Turkish authorities to release Mehmet Emin Özkan, an 83-year-old...
2 journalists under investigation due to critical reporting on Turkish gov’t officials
Turkish prosecutors have launched investigations into two journalists from the Birgün daily due to their critical reporting on a former minister, a lawmaker from...
Erdoğan ally slams top court for ruling to release ex-MP
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s far-right ally, has criticized Turkey’s Constitutional Court for ordering the release from...
CoE election observers urge Turkey to do more to protect freedom of expression
The Council of Europe’s election observation mission to Turkey on Monday released a statement calling on Turkish authorities to do more to ensure freedom...
Erdoğan’s one-man rule: Turkey since failed 2016 coup
A failed coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan five years ago Thursday unleashed a sweeping crackdown that reshaped the strategic NATO member’s political...
CoE calls on Turkey to amend criminal and anti-terrorism laws, release political prisoners
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE), which monitors the enforcement of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR),...
Turkey issued 9 arrest warrants for NBA star Kanter, official records reveal
Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter, an outspoken critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the widespread human rights violations taking place under...
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