Kurdish villagers allegedly thrown from helicopter were assaulted by a mob of soldiers, opposition...
Servet Turgut and Osman Şiban, two Kurdish villagers allegedly thrown from a military helicopter in the southeastern province of Van, were in fact assaulted...
Turkish government continued its assault on human rights during pandemic: Human Rights Watch
Human rights violations continued in Turkey in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the government consolidated its authoritarian rule by passing rushed legislation that...
Opposition MP submits parliamentary proposal to investigate the impact of poverty on minors in...
Ayşe Sibel Yankıömeroğlu from the Republican People’s Party (CHP) has submitted a parliamentary proposal to investigate the impact of poverty on minors in Turkey...
Police detain people over Kurdish songs played at weddings in eastern Turkey
Turkish police raided three weddings in eastern Turkey and detained organizers, participants and production crews that were recording the events due to the Kurdish...
Majority of Turks disapprove of Erdoğan’s foul language targeting Gezi protestors
A majority of Turks think it was inappropriate for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to refer to participants of mass anti-government protests in 2013 as...
Opposition MP highlights plight of quintuplets with parents jailed on Gülen links
An opposition lawmaker has written a column drawing attention to the predicament of children whose parents were sent to jail in October on charges...
Man imprisoned on Gülen links to spend 10 more months behind bars for making...
İsmet Özçelik, incarcerated on conviction of links to the faith-based Gülen movement, was sentenced to 10 months extra imprisonment for making prayer beads out...
1.5 million people left homeless in Turkey after devastating earthquakes: UNDP
At least 1.5 million people have been left homeless and 500,000 new homes need to be built after devastating earthquakes and dozens of aftershocks...
Former Turkish minister is planning attack on Alevi house of worship, mob boss claims
A Turkish crime boss who has been making scandalous allegations about the relationship between state actors and the mafia has claimed that former Turkish...
Teen detained for allegedly swearing at President Erdoğan’s convoy
A 16-year-old girl was detained on the orders of a presidential guard after allegedly cursing at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s convoy as it...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...