Int’l NGOs concerned by UN’s failure to extend cross-border mechanism in northwest Syria
International and local humanitarian organizations operating in Syria have expressed concern about the failure of the UN Security Council to extend the authorization of...
HDP deputies accuse gov’t of turning a blind eye to torture in prison
Female deputies from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) at a Saturday press conference in parliament criticized the Turkish government turning a blind eye to...
Man kept in solitary confinement over Gülen links suffers from facial paralysis
Akif Sarı, 46, who was arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement and has been kept in solitary confinement since January 2020, is...
Torture, Ill-treatment and Prison Conditions in Turkey: 2025 in Review
Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
Throughout the year human rights organizations...
Amid disappearance of little girl, public figures highlight large number of missing child cases...
Amid the disappearance of an 8-year-old girl in southeastern Turkey’s Diyarbakır province, public figures have raised awareness of the large number of missing children...
Turkey detains soldiers, cadets on Gülen links
Police and gendarmerie forces in seven provinces conducted house raids early Tuesday to detain active duty and former soldiers as well as former military...
Turkey’s broadcast regulator to act against YouTube street interviews “driving pessimism”
Ebubekir Şahin, chairman of the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), said on Saturday that Turkey’s broadcast regulator will move against YouTube “street interview”...
Turkish businessman with ties to Gülen movement deported from Algeria
N.N.K., a Turkish businessman with alleged ties to the Gülen movement living in Algeria, was deported to Turkey following a joint effort on the...
Opposition MP highlights plight of quintuplets with parents jailed on Gülen links
An opposition lawmaker has written a column drawing attention to the predicament of children whose parents were sent to jail in October on charges...
İstanbul bar files complaint against judge who refused to release jailed MP
The İstanbul Bar Association has filed a complaint against the judge of a high criminal court who refused to release a jailed opposition lawmaker from prison...
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