Dutch journalist filed complaint against threats from Turkey
A Dutch journalist of Turkish origin who has been targeted by threats originating from Turkey prompted authorities in the Netherlands to take security measures.
Basri...
Girl with Down syndrome left with teenage sister after parents detained for helping refugees
A seven-year-old girl with Down syndrome was left to the care of her teenage sister after her parents, Dudu Karataş (42) and Gökay Karataş...
European rights court notifies Turkey of violations in another 1,000 applications over Gülen-linked convictions
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has notified Ankara of another 1,000 applications on its docket for convictions of Gülen movement membership over...
Families of disabled children in Turkey complain of discrimination and lack of care
Families of disabled children in Turkey said they faced discrimination on a daily basis and that their children did not have access to proper...
Turkish authorities’ arrest of parents for alleged Gülen links financially and mentally wears down...
The grandmother of two children who were left without parents after both their mother and father were arrested for alleged links to the Gülen...
Turkish expats in Germany hope for citizenship law overhaul
Şener Sargut is from Turkey but has lived in Germany for over six decades, is married to a German woman and speaks the local...
Kurdish leader Demirtaş and others remain imprisoned as court delays verdict in Kobani trial
A Turkish court on Tuesday postponed the verdict in the long-running Kobani trial and ruled to continue the detention of 18 people, including Kurdish...
Gergerlioğlu: Gov’t releases critically ill prisoners only when they realize they’ll die soon
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a prominent human rights activist and an MP from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has depicted the deaths of critically...
ECtHR finds no public officials at fault in 2015 Ankara bombings
In a development likely to cause great disappointment among families of the victims of Turkey’s deadliest terrorist attack, the European Court of Human Rights...
Photojournalist who captured murder of Kurdish student in 2017 standing trial on terror charges
The first hearing in the trial of photojournalist Abdurrahman Gök, in which he faces 20 years in prison on charges of “membership in a...
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