‘Don’t be afraid of the arts,’ 57 bar associations tell Turkish gov’t amid bans
Fifty-seven bar associations across Turkey have released a joint statement calling on the Turkish government to stop imposing bans on arts and culture events...
HDP lawmaker submits parliamentary question regarding detention of 21 journalists in SE Turkey
Meral Danış Bestaş from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on Thursday submitted a parliamentary question regarding the detention of 21 journalists in southeastern Diyarbakır...
Turkish women’s rights activists criticize reduced sentences on grounds of ‘provocation’ in gender-based violence...
Turkish women's rights activists have criticized courts handing down reduced sentences to perpetrators of gender-based violence on the grounds that they were “provoked,” saying...
Man who lost both hands to an electric shock arrested shortly after accident, says...
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has criticized Turkish authorities for arresting a man shortly after he lost both hands to an...
Detention warrants issued for 34 former, current public servants due to alleged Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 34 former and current public servants as part of an operation based in Ankara due to their...
Former judge, dismissed after 2016 coup attempt, dies of cancer
Abdurrahman Sakar, a former judge who was summarily dismissed from his job by a government decree in the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt...
Turkish singer detained over remarks regarding religious school graduates
Famous Turkish pop singer and songwriter Gülşen Bayraktar Çolakoğlu has been detained as part of an investigation launched due to her remarks that allegedly...
Syrian teenager stabbed to death in southern Turkey’s Hatay province
A young Syrian man was stabbed to death on Sunday in an apparent hate crime in the southern Turkish province of Hatay, the Duvar...
İzmir hospital says paralyzed inmate who will have heart surgery fit to remain in...
Şerife Sulukan, 45, a paralyzed woman serving time on conviction of affiliation with the Gülen movement who has been admitted to a hospital for...
Letters by inmate prior to his death reveal severe mistreatment
Letters written by an inmate prior to his death revealed he had been subjected to beating, death threats and psychological pressure, the Duvar news...
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