Armenian church in Malatya hosts first religious service since 1915 as a culture center
The Surp Yerrortutyun (Holy Trinity) Armenian Church in Malatya, in east-central Turkey, on August 29 hosted its first religious service since the Armenian genocide...
CPJ calls on Turkish gov’t to drop charges against journalist
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged Turkish authorities on Wednesday to drop charges against journalist Sinan Aygül, who is accused of threatening the...
Turkey’s top court fines gov’t for torture in Afyon province, demands investigation into perpetrators
Turkish Constitutional Court ruled in favor of an applicant who claimed that he was tortured for 25 days during his detention at Afyon police...
Turkey detains 13 pro-Palestine activists accusing Ankara, Baku of ‘complicity in genocide’
Turkish authorities have detained 13 members of a pro-Palestine group following a demonstration in which they accused Azerbaijani energy company SOCAR as well as...
Enforced disappearance, torture of Turkish gov’t opponents are crimes against humanity, tribunal rapporteur says
The judges of the Turkey Tribunal, a civil society-led, symbolic international tribunal established to adjudicate recent human rights violations in Turkey, on Thursday heard...
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