Teenager arrested for spray-painting Atatürk monument in Turkey
A Turkish court arrested a 16-year-old who spray-painted a monument of Turkey’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, in the western city of İzmir on the...
We face threats, prosecution for reporting on abuses in prisons: human rights lawyer
Nagehan Avçil, a human rights lawyer from the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD), said in an interview that lawyers face arrest and prosecution...
Families and inmates mark fourth Eid without contact visitation
Inmates and their families have voiced protests as contact visitation in Turkish prisons was not allowed for the fourth religious holiday in a row...
Former Turkish diplomats protest torture of their colleagues in front of CoE building
A group of former Turkish diplomats gathered in front of the Council of Europe (CoE) building on Wednesday to mark the second anniversary of...
Labor Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
Turkey is one of the 10 worst countries in the world for working people, according to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The Health and...
Turkey acquits police officer who impregnated a migrant woman in custody
An Ankara court has acquitted a police officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman who was held at a migrant detention center, the T24...
70-year-old suffering from leukemia dies days after his release from prison
Mehmet Ali Çelebi, 70, passed away on Saturday, just days after he was released from prison due to his deteriorating health, Turkish media reported.
Çelebi...
Turkish gov’t continued to limit religious minorities’ rights in 2021: US report
The US Department of State has underlined in a recent report that Ankara continued to limit the rights of non-Muslim religious minorities, especially those not recognized...
Swedish Embassy in Ankara expects more protests following burning of Quran in Stockholm
Following the burning of a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm on Saturday, several protests took place across Turkey over...
Images of 83-year-old inmate taken to hospital in handcuffs spark outrage
Images on social media of an ailing 83-year-old man incarcerated in Diyarbakır Prison being taken to a hospital in handcuffs has caused outrage among...
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