Critics slam authorities for putting 2 student protestors in solitary cells
Critics have slammed Turkish authorities for putting two Boğaziçi University students who were arrested for taking part in protests in one-person cells, Deutsche Welle...
Jailed Kurdish leader’s wife sentenced to prison for ‘counterfactual’ health report
Başak Demirtaş, the wife of jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş, has been handed down a prison sentence of two-and-a-half years for “obtaining a health...
Critically ill woman remains in prison despite second hospital report recommending her release
Critically ill Ayşe Özdoğan, 34, who suffers from a rare form of cancer, remains in prison despite a health report from Akdeniz University Hospital...
UN rights chief calls on parties to resolve migrant crisis on Belarus-Poland border
UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has called on Belarus and Poland to resolve the migrant crisis on their border, where large numbers...
Justice Ministry’s promise to build playgrounds in prisons sparks questions
Experts have criticized a promise made by the Turkish Ministry of Justice to build playgrounds for children accompanying their mothers in prison, saying children...
Turkish authorities issue detention warrant for police officer accused of unlawful strip-search
Turkish authorities issued a detention warrant on Tuesday for female police officer Songül Eken Kılıç for conducting an unlawful strip-search of architect Mücella Yapıcı...
Bar associations call on Erdoğan to stop targeting Istanbul Convention
In a joint statement on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s latest remarks regarding the Istanbul Convention, eight of Turkey’s bar associations have urged him to...
New Netflix series sheds light on social and political pressures on Turkey’s minorities
By Dr. Merve Reyhan Kayıkcı
"The Club," a new Turkish series that was released last Friday on Netflix, sheds light on the social and political...
PEN International calls on Turkish authorities not to prosecute Nobel laureate Pamuk for his...
Turkish authorities should not charge Nobel laureate and PEN International Vice President Orhan Pamuk with “insulting” Atatürk and the Turkish flag, PEN International said...
Far-right party leader’s top aide criticizes famous Turkish comedian for comments on Kavala, Demirtaş
Famous Turkish comedian and actor Cem Yılmaz was lambasted by a top aide to Devlet Bahçeli, chairman of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP),...
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