Turkey’s witch hunt of critics was expanded to India
Turkey’s relentless campaign to hunt down critics of the Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan abroad reached as far as India, judicial documents...
Mother of boy who recently died of cancer detained on Gülen conviction
The mother of Yusuf Kerim Sayın, who died of bone cancer last week, was detained on Monday by police in Turkey’s Sakarya province to...
Turkish asylum seeker lost in Evros River after push back to Turkey
Ümit Şakır (27), a Turkish political asylum seeker, arrived in Greece on September 3 by crossing the Evros River and is now missing after...
Saturday Mothers file complaint alleging mistreatment by police at demonstration
Lawyers representing members of the Saturday Mothers have filed a criminal complaint alleging police mistreatment of the activist group during its 967th weekly vigil...
Prosecutor demands aggravated life sentence for Kavala in new indictment: report
An Istanbul prosecutor in a new indictment has demanded an aggravated life sentence for Osman Kavala, a prominent businessman and rights activist, Turkish Minute...
HRW: Turkish airstrikes in Syria lead to humanitarian crisis, disrupting water, electricity
Drone strikes by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on Kurdish-held areas of northeast Syria between Oct. 5 and 10 damaged critical infrastructure and resulted...
European court rules Turkey violated rights of Cumhuriyet journalists: report
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the right to liberty and security as well as the right to...
Top prosecutor in Turkey defies Constitutional Court ruling, says jailed MP should not be...
The office of Turkey’s top prosecutor has found the continued incarceration of an opposition lawmaker legally appropriate despite a recent ruling from the country’s...
Columnist’s hate campaign against inmate with cancer ends in his death
Radical Islamist Turkish daily Yeni Akit columnist Mehtap Yılmaz’s hate campaign targeting cancer patient Ümit Gökhasan and his release from prison delayed the medical...
Turkish mob boss threatens rights advocate MP over criticism of far-right party leader
Notorious Turkish crime boss Alaattin Çakıcı has threatened pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (HEDEP) lawmaker and rights advocate Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu on social...
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