Turkish Human Rights Foundation saw record number of police mistreatment complaints in 2021
A record number of people complained to the Turkish Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) in 2021, saying they were subjected to mistreatment in police custody...
Father and son allege police mistreatment in Istanbul
A father and son in Istanbul have claimed they were mistreated by police officers at an Istanbul police station, the Duvar news website reported.
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800 Syrians in Turkey return home weekly to undesirable conditions, says UNCHR Turkey representative
Philippe Leclerc, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) representative in Turkey, said approximately 800 Syrians leave Turkey for Syria every week but...
Turkey blocks access to Turkish editions of Deutsche Welle, VOA
In a move that cast a further shadow on freedom of the press in Turkey, a court on Thursday evening banned access to the...
Top court ruling preventing arbitrary passport bans goes into effect
Turkey’s Interior Ministry will no longer impose arbitrary restrictions on Turkish passports in line with a ruling from the Constitutional Court that has recently...
Şenyaşar family barred by Şanlıurfa governor from accessing courthouse premises
Members of the Şenyaşar family, who have been demanding justice for three of their relatives murdered by people connected to a lawmaker from Turkey’s...
90 percent of university students unable to find accommodation, says CHP lawmaker
Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Ali Mahir Başarır has said nearly 90 percent of students in Turkey who are due to start university this...
Inmate convicted on Gülen links denied parole despite eligibility for more than a year
Yusuf Köksal, an inmate convicted of terrorism due to his links to the Gülen movement, has not been released from prison although he became...
1.7 mln investigations launched in Turkey on terrorism allegations over past 5 years
More than 1.7 million investigations were launched into people in Turkey on allegations of membership in an armed terrorist organization between 2016 and 2021,...
As poverty in Turkey deepens, many unable to afford basic necessities, says Izmir neighborhood...
The Izmir City Poverty Network Association (IKYA) said poverty in Turkey has deepened so drastically in recent years that people are no longer able...
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