End-stage cancer patient released after spending 56 days in prison despite hospital reports
Ayşe Özdoğan, who suffers from a rare form of cancer, was released on Friday after spending 56 days in prison despite hospital reports recommending...
Pro-Turkey fighters kill 4 Syria Kurds celebrating Nevruz: rights group
Turkish-backed fighters shot at a family of Kurds celebrating the festival of Nevruz in northern Syria on Monday, killing at least four people, Agence...
90 percent of university students unable to find accommodation, says CHP lawmaker
Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Ali Mahir Başarır has said nearly 90 percent of students in Turkey who are due to start university this...
Turkish authorities detain 11 female students in southeastern Turkey for links to Gülen movement
Turkish authorities on Friday morning detained 11 female university students in southeastern Turkey for alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Bold Medya news...
Journalist investigated due to report on religious group as Turkish Red Crescent’s supplier
A journalist from an anti-government newspaper in Turkey is being investigated for allegedly spreading disinformation in a tweet and a report about the Turkish...
3 detained for protesting Turkey’s trade with Israel at event attended by AKP officials
Three people were detained for protesting Turkey’s ongoing trade with Israel amid the conflict in Gaza during an event attended by a cabinet minister...
Turkey’s top appeals court upholds sentence of police officer who shot young Syrian refugee...
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a police officer who shot a young Syrian refugee to death in 2020, the...
11-month-old baby forced to accompany mother sentenced to 9 years in prison
Yasemin Melizci, 29, who was arrested on terrorism charges for alleged links to the Gülen movement and was accompanied by her 9-month-old daughter in...
CCTV recordings kept secret from the public reveal torture and abuse in Turkey
CCTV recordings kept secret by the Turkish government have confirmed the testimony of dozens of gendarmes who were subjected to torture and abuse in...
Erdoğan denies rights reports, says not many journalists in prison
There are not as many journalists in Turkish jails as has been claimed by human rights advocates, and those journalists who are in prison...
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