Opposition MP files complaint against vice president for calling purge victims ‘terrorists’
An opposition deputy has filed a complaint against Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, who recently called the victims of a massive purge of state...
Stockholm University panel urges Turkey to restore the rule of law
Turkey should restore the rule of law immediately to address massive human rights violations that are unprecedented in scale and magnitude, the audience was...
Inmate with epilepsy who has undergone 3 brain surgeries suffers severe seizure in prison
Former teacher Abdullah Aslan, whose repeated requests for release have been rejected, had a major epileptic seizure in a Turkish prison ward on Monday,...
Organizers cancel speech by ‘gay imam’ Mohamed Zahed in İstanbul
A speech that was planned to be given in İstanbul in November by Dr. Ludovic Mohamed Zahed, a French-Algerian imam and scholar of Islam...
Sweden’s Foreign Ministry urges Swedes in Turkey to exercise caution due to protests
The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly urged citizens who are living in Turkey to stay updated on developments and avoid large gatherings...
Turkey’s ATK to review situation of 81-year-old ailing Kurdish woman sentenced to prison
Van prosecutors have asked the Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) to review its assessment of Makbule Özer, an 81-year-old Kurdish woman with serious disabilities...
Turkey has no choice but to abide by ECtHR’s Yalçınkaya judgment: Turkish Bar Association
The Turkish Bar Association (TBB) has released a report on a landmark European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment delivered last year, stating that...
62 journalists killed in 2020, just for doing their jobs: UNESCO
A total of 62 journalists were killed just for doing their jobs in 2020, while more than 1,200 professionals lost their lives the same way...
Severely disabled Kurdish inmate dies in prison 10 days before release
A Kurdish inmate with severe disabilities in a prison in eastern Elazığ province died 10 days before he was due to be released, the...
Erdoğan criticizes opposition, using ethnic and religious slur
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan resorted to discriminatory language when criticizing the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) during a speech at the Union of...
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