Syrians in Turkey in precarious situation as citizenship applications indefinitely suspended by authorities
Nearly 10 years after the civil war began in Syria, refugees are still struggling with their precarious status in Turkey as most have not...
ECtHR faults Turkey for detaining 82 judges and prosecutors after failed 2016 coup
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the European Convention on Human Rights by detaining 82 judges and...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 40, including 23 active duty soldiers over alleged Gülen...
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday issued detention warrants for 40 people, including 23 active duty and 12 dismissed members of the...
Anniversary of Turkey-EU deal offers warning against further dangerous migration deals: Amnesty
Ahead of the fifth anniversary of the EU-Turkey deal on migration on March 18, Amnesty International called on EU leaders to turn away from...
Ex-ministers should have been tried for graft, former speaker of parliament says
Presidential High Advisory Board member Cemil Çiçek has said the case files of four former Turkish ministers who were implicated bribery and corruption investigations...
Turkey issued 9 arrest warrants for NBA star Kanter, official records reveal
Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter, an outspoken critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the widespread human rights violations taking place under...
1,182 inmates petitioned İHD about rights violations in Turkey’s prisons in 2020
The Ankara-based Human Rights Association (İHD) received petitions from a total of 1,182 inmates in 2020 in which they complained about the rights violations...
The Year in Review: Torture and Inhuman Treatment
Turkey has experienced a marked resurgence of torture and ill-treatment in custody over the past five years and especially since a coup attempt on...
Turkish court decides to release 8 more May Day protestors, 33 remain jailed
The first hearing in the trial of 12 people, eight of whom were put in pretrial detention, for attempting to defy a government ban...
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...
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