Kyrgyz school alumni offer $1 million reward for location of missing educator
The alumni of a prestigious network of schools in Kyrgyzstan whose president went missing on the evening of May 31 and is feared to...
23 people detained in Turkey for finding jobs for summarily dismissed public servants
The Antalya Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Sunday detained 23 people on suspicion of finding jobs for public servants who were summarily dismissed from...
Strasbourg protest to call for ‘justice for everyone’ as Turkish rights violations, CoE inaction...
Thousands of Turkish expatriates are expected to gather in Strasbourg on Wednesday for the fourth annual demonstration outside the Council of Europe (CoE) and...
11 people trying to flee to Greece detained over alleged Gülen links
Eleven people claimed to be members of the faith-based Gülen movement have been detained in the seaside resort town of Marmaris in southwestern Turkey...
Pro-Kurdish party calls on Turkey to recognize Yazidi massacre as genocide
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has urged Turkey to recognize the mass killings of Yazidis by the Islamic State in Iraq and the...
Turkish authorities drop 1991 massacre of Kurdish civilians due to statute of limitations
Turkish prosecutors have dropped the case of seven Kurdish civilians who were killed by soldiers in southeast Turkey in 1991 due to the expiration...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 60 lawyers following Erdoğan’s call to suspend attorneys accused...
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 60 lawyers on terror charges, following a call by Turkish President Recep...
Justice minister stands behind court verdict in trial of Somali president’s son
In the wake of outrage over a fine of less than $1,000 handed down by a Turkish court to a son of the Somali president who...
6-year-old boy accompanying mother in prison is released without mother, sparking concern over well-being
A 6-year-old boy who has accompanied his mother in prison since infancy has been entrusted to the care of relatives while his mother and...
Migrants subjected to neglect, mistreatment and inhumane living conditions in repatriation centers, say experts
Migrants have been subjected to neglect, mistreatment and inhumane living conditions in Turkish repatriation centers, according to legal experts and human rights activists, the...
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