144 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in February: report
A total of 144 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in February, the Artı Gerçek news website reported, citing a monthly report by the...
Turkish intelligence agents tortured a helicopter pilot to build a fake legal case for...
Agents of Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MIT), were involved in select torture sessions at an unofficial site run by the police in order to...
Stockholm Center for Freedom calls on Malaysia to stop persecuting Turkish nationals
Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF), a monitoring group on rights violations in Turkey, remain highly concerned on the pattern of abductions, detentions and forcible...
CCTV recordings at police station reveal brutal treatment of detainee
Newly emerged CCTV recordings of a man who died in police custody on June 5 in İstanbul show several policemen detaining him and one...
Over 52,000 people investigated for insulting Erdoğan, his government in 4 years
Turkish prosecutors launched over 52,000 investigations into individuals on allegations of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan or his Justice and Development Party (AKP) government...
Turkey orders detention of 146 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 146 people including former civil servants, active duty and dismissed military and police...
HRW, NGO call for investigation into public officials for Turkey’s earthquake deaths
Human Rights Watch and a nongovernmental organization in Turkey have condemned the lack of legal action against public officials due to their role in the death...
Minister armed civilians with unregistered guns during coup attempt: mob boss
Turkish mob boss Sedat Peker has revealed that a large number of civilians were armed with unregistered guns during a 2016 coup attempt and...
Turkey’s top judicial body launches inquiry into court that reinstated Kurdish mayor’s political rights
One day after Turkey’s election authority decided to reinstall a Kurdish politician who had been initially denied the mandate to serve as mayor of the eastern province of...
Concern mounts about possible Turkish law on media funding
Press freedom groups expressed concern Friday about comments by Turkish officials concerning possible legislation to regulate foreign funding for media and the dissemination of...
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