Turks file more than 2.6 mln complaints with Turkish presidency in 3 years
A senior government official has stated that Turkish citizens have filed 2,671,976 complaints with the Presidential Communications Center (CİMER) in three years, Turkish Minute...
Detention warrant issued for national swimmer over Erdoğan COVID tweet
Turkish prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for former national swimmer Derya Büyükuncu due to a tweet he posted about the health of President...
Recent report reveals more than half of minorities in Turkey reluctant to speak in...
A recent report by the Diyarbakır-based Socio-Political Research Center (Sosyo-Politik Saha Araştırmaları Merkezi) has revealed that more than half of Turkish citizens whose mother...
Mother of 2 hasn’t seen children in 7 months due to distance between prison...
Zeynep Köyden, a jailed mother of two, said in a letter to Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu that she has not...
Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine sends ailing Kurdish politician back to prison after 3-day...
Turkey's Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) on Friday sent jailed Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk, who suffers from dementia, back to a maximum security prison...
Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen movement: 2021 in Review
The Gülen movement is a worldwide civic initiative rooted in the spiritual and humanistic tradition of Islam and inspired by the ideas and activism...
Parliament’s Human Rights Committee failing to do its job, says opposition MP
Human rights defender and deputy from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has asked in a parliamentary question why the Turkish Parliament's...
Turkey ordered detention of 51 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 51 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to local...
Turkey to deport Iranian refugees for protesting withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
Turkey will deport four Iranian refugees for protesting the country’s withdrawal from an international treaty to combat violence against women, Turkish Minute reported, citing...
UNCHR spokesperson says they are investigating the death of 19 migrants on Turkish-Greek border
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesperson Shabia Mantoo on Thursday said they are investigating the circumstances surrounding 19 migrants who froze to...
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