Turkish human rights watchdogs warn of widespread mistreatment and torture in detention centers
Marking the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) and the Human Rights Association (İHD) issued...
Top court upholds sentences given to media executive, police chiefs on terror charges
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld prison sentences handed down to Samanyolu Broadcasting Group General Manager Hidayet Karaca and former police chiefs on...
36 women killed by men, 17 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...
Thirty-six women were murdered by men in Turkey in February, and 17 more died under suspicious circumstances, the Evrensel newspaper reported on Monday, citing...
Journalist gets suspended sentence due to tweet on YPJ women in Kobani
An İstanbul court has handed down a suspended sentence of 15 months to a journalist due to a 2015 tweet that showed women, part...
Alevi organizations express concern over new K-12 curriculum
Alevi organizations in Turkey are voicing strong opposition to a new K-12 curriculum proposal announced on April 26, citing concerns over the government's ideological...
Mass detentions as part of crackdown on Kurdish political movement drew concern from UN
UN special rapporteurs in a joint letter sent to the Turkish government in May expressed serious concern about the mass arrest and detention of opposition members...
Turkish police detains woman shortly after delivery in Ankara over alleged Gülen links
A Turkish women, Nazlı N. Mert, who has just given birth to a baby at private Lokman Hekim Hospital in Ankara's Etlik neighborhood, was...
Documentary reveals injustices faced by academics purged in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
“Elması Çöpe Atmak” (Throwing Diamonds in the Trash), a documentary recently released on KHK TV –- a YouTube channel established by Turkey’s purge victims –-...
53.2 pct of Turks are against government’s Uyghur policy
A total of 53.2 percent of Turks don’t support the government’s Uyghur policy and think it hasn’t given an “appropriate response” to the Chinese...
Turkish first lady files complaint against BirGün daily editor for insult
Turkey’s first lady, Emine Erdoğan, filed a criminal complaint against Gökay Başcan, editor of the BirGün daily, for publishing a story covering a ban...
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