Inmates in western Turkey’s Kütahya province provided two hours of water
Inmates in a prison in western Turkey’s Kütahya province have limited access to water, the Bold Medya news website reported.
The Parmakören T-type prison, a...
44,675 investigated for insulting Turkish president since 2014: opposition MP
A total of 44,675 investigations have been launched by Turkish prosecutors into individuals on allegations of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan since his election...
Alevi identity video garners record attention for Turkish presidential candidate with 106 mln views
Leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has garnered record attention by publicly talking about his Alevi...
Purge victim forced to work as a deliveryman dies in traffic accident
İbrahim Saygı, a former official who was dismissed from Turkey’s Justice Ministry by a government decree as part of purges that followed a July...
Human rights advocates slam ‘inhumane conditions’ in Turkey’s Y-type prisons
Human rights advocates have condemned the inhumane conditions in Turkey’s Y-type high-security prisons — often referred to as “pit-type” prisons— urging authorities to implement...
Report sheds light on shrinking space for civil society in Turkey under state pressure
A report titled “Civil Society Organizations in Turkey: Freedom of Association and Right to Participation” sheds light on the ongoing restriction of the civil...
21 bar associations, NGOs call for release of 83-year-old inmate with severe health problems
Twenty-one bar associations and civil society organizations on Friday issued a joint statement calling on Turkish authorities to release Mehmet Emin Özkan, an 83-year-old...
Turkey defies UN on abductions with cases of disappearances piling up
Defying the United Nations that slammed Turkey last year for enforced disappearances and urged the country’s leaders to offer guarantee of non-repetitions, Turkish government...
18 suspected refugees die in Greek forest fire: report
The burnt bodies of 18 people believed to have been migrants who had crossed the Turkish border into an area of northeastern Greece where...
Turkey appeals European rights court ruling ordering Demirtaş’s release
Turkey has appealed a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling that called for the immediate release of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, requesting...
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