73 inmates died in Turkish prisons in 2022, opposition lawmaker says
Seventy-three inmates have died in Turkish prisons in 2022, according to a report by Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and human rights defender Ömer...
Turkish court blocks access to reports on handover of Yazidi child to ISIL-linked family
A court in Turkey has ruled to block access to several news reports covering allegations that the Ministry of Family and Social Services had...
Human rights activist and former teacher arrested for protesting human rights violations
Acun Karadağ, a human rights activist and a former teacher who was dismissed from her job by an emergency decree-law as part of a...
New indictment seeks up to 5 years in prison for jailed Kurdish leader over...
Ankara prosecutors have filed a new indictment for jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), on charges...
More than 800 Boğaziçi protestors subjected to ill-treatment by police: report
At least 800 people demonstrating against the appointment of a pro-government rector to İstanbul’s prestigious Boğaziçi University were subjected to ill-treatment by police officers...
Trial kicks off with a record number of journalists as suspects
In one of the most important press freedom cases in Turkey, 29 journalists, most are in pre-trial detention for eight months without a trial...
School named after officer accused of torturing Kurds during 1980s military rule draws ire
The revelation that a primary school in the western province of İzmir was named after Esat Oktay Yıldıran, a military officer who was accused...
Turkey ordered detention of 142 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 142 people including teachers, lawyers, businessmen, former civil servants and active duty and...
EP rapporteur says visa-free travel impossible for Turks without easing of terrorism laws
Nacho Sanchez Amor, the European Parliament’s Turkey rapporteur, has said as long as Turkey does not soften its counterterrorism laws, the EU will not...
Wife of police chief, suffering from COVID-19, detained in hospital, handcuffed to bed
Esmahan Demirhan, the wife of a former police chief who led corruption investigations in Turkey in 2013, was detained in the hospital where she...
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