Top court annuls aggravated life sentence given to ex-media executive, 3 others
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has reversed aggravated life sentences handed down to four people including a former media executive on conviction of attempting...
Turkish prosecutors order hundreds of arrests over alleged Gülen links in less than a...
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 221 people in the last four days due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to...
Complaints alleging police mistreatment increased by 22 percent last year
The number of people in Turkey who filed complaints alleging police mistreatment and brutality in 2022 increased by 22 percent in comparison to the...
Turkish parliament censors MPs speaking minority languages
Several MPs who attempted to mark UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day on Wednesday by giving speeches in minority languages in Turkey’s parliament were censored...
1,929 workers died in occupational accidents in 2023: İSİG
Turkey has recorded at least 1,929 deaths in work-related accidents throughout 2023, the Artı Gerçek news website reported, citing the Health and Safety Labour...
Erdoğan says people attacking him are actually enemies of Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said people who are attacking him and an election alliance he has with a far-right nationalist party are...
US ‘disappointed’ by arrest of TV journalist in Turkey
The United States on Monday expressed disappointment over the arrest of TV journalist Sedef Kabaş in Turkey over the weekend on charges of insulting the...
Turkish police detain more than 30 during Pride Week activities in İstanbul
Turkish police detained more than 30 people over the weekend during İstanbul's Pride Week activities, Turkish media reported.
Local authorities banned a Gay Pride rally...
Former teacher imprisoned on Gülen links dies of cancer shortly after release
Asaleddin Çelik, a 52-year-old former English teacher imprisoned over alleged ties to the Gülen movement, died of cancer on Sunday, shortly after his release...
Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders: 2022 in Review
The situation of human rights defenders in Turkey has significantly deteriorated since a coup attempt in July 2016, with the HRDs subjected to judicial...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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