Contact visitation not allowed in Turkish prisons since beginning of pandemic despite reopening
Families of inmates have voiced protests as contact visitation in Turkish prisons has not been allowed since the beginning of the pandemic despite the...
Turkish officer ordered gendarmes to throw refugees pushed back by Greece into river, causing...
An officer in Turkey’s border city of Edirne ordered gendarmes to throw refugees pushed backed by Greece into the Evros River, causing the death...
Enforced disappearances must be investigated by an independent committee, lawmaker says
Enforced disappearances must be investigated by an independent committee, said Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a human rights defender and deputy from the Republican People's Party, ANKA...
Turkey cannot take on new refugee burden, FM Çavuşoğlu says
Turkey cannot take on the burden of a new migrant wave from Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Sunday after talks with his...
Armenian Protestant church transformed into library in SE Turkey
An Armenian Protestant church in Diyarbakır province has been leased to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism for a period of 10 years to...
Parents of 8-year-old boy suffering from epilepsy to serve sentences on Gülen link convictions
Another sick child has been left without parents as the mother and father of an 8-year-old boy suffering from epilepsy were arrested in Edirne...
Pro-Kurdish party member abducted, tortured by men posing as police: report
Celalettin Yalçın, a member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was abducted and subjected to torture by individuals who introduced themselves as “the...
Afghan refugee changes store’s name after being targeted by far-right leader
A refugee residing in Turkey changed the name of his store, “Afghan Market,” after Ümit Özdağ, leader of a newly established far-right party, shared...
Leader of main opposition vows to reinstate decree-law victims
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), said on Thursday that he will reinstate former officials removed from their jobs...
Armenian cemetery destroyed by bulldozers in Van province
An old Armenian cemetery in Turkey’s eastern province of Van was destroyed by bulldozers last week and bones were scattered across the field, sparking...
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