Turkish women’s rights activists urge authorities to take action against stalking
Women's rights activists in Turkey have urged authorities to amend the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) to make stalking a punishable crime, the Duvar news...
Police chief nicknamed ‘Angel of Death’ who ran torture sites in Turkey unmasked in...
A Turkish police chief with the self-proclaimed nickname of Azrael, or the Angel of Death, oversaw two unofficial torture sites with nearly 2,000 people...
Members of anti-gov’t Furkan Foundation allegedly tortured, threatened by Turkish police
Police allegedly subjected three members of the Furkan Foundation, an anti-government religious group, who were detained on September 10 to torture and mistreatment at...
Jailed Kurdish leader allowed to visit ailing mother in Diyarbakır hospital
Jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş has visited his ailing mother in a hospital in southeastern Diyarbakır province after he was granted permission by the...
Lawyer arrested based on doctored document petitions Supreme Court of Appeals to revise its...
Turan Canpolat, 52, a lawyer who was arrested based on a doctored document on January 30, 2016, petitioned the Supreme Court of Appeals to...
Student suicide sparks demonstrations over cost of living in Eskisehir province
University students in Turkey’s Eskisehir province on Monday demonstrated against the increased cost of living following the suicide of a fellow student, local media...
Turkey to deport 2 Kurdish journalists back to Iran, putting their lives at risk
Two Kurdish journalists from Iranian Kurdistan are facing imminent deportation from Turkey to Iran, where they fear for their lives, Turkish Minute reported on...
NGO report on Turkey’s prisons highlights widespread mistreatment, rights violations
Turkish prisons are beset by persistent issues of torture, overcrowding and discriminatory practices, according to the annual report of the Human Rights Foundation of...
Turkey’s top court sanctions decree giving immunity to mobs accused of lynching soldiers
In a unanimous decision, Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday found a government decree that granted immunity to civilians who were involved in criminal activities...
Erdoğan, chief justice slam ECtHR ruling on teacher convicted of Gülen links
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and chief justice Zühtü Arslan have condemned a recent decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) that faulted Turkey...
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