Mother with special needs child detained over alleged Gülen links
Zeybegül Yılmaz, who has a 5-year-old special needs child, was detained yesterday evening in İzmir for alleged links to the Gülen movement, Bold Medya...
Minor beaten up by alleged plainclothes police officers during Turkey’s Kurdish protests
A video that was widely circulated on social media following the eruption of post-election protests in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish provinces showed a minor being...
Parliament report on 2016 coup bid unpublished over fears of compensation claims, committee vice...
Turkish authorities refrained from publishing the findings of a parliamentary inquiry committee tasked with examining a July 2016 coup attempt, following legal advice warning...
US congressional commission tackles Turkey’s human rights record
The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, a bipartisan body within the US House of Representatives, held a hearing on Tuesday to address the human...
US slaps sanctions on Syria armed group with Turkey links
The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on a Syrian armed group that killed a Kurdish politician amid Turkey’s 2019 incursion, vowing to keep...
European rights court notifies Turkey of violations in another 1,000 applications over Gülen-linked convictions
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has notified Ankara of another 1,000 applications on its docket for convictions of Gülen movement membership over...
Hate speech against Gülen movement escalates as pro-Erdoğan propagandist calls for extermination
Journalist Fatih Tezcan, a pro-Erdoğan propagandist, on Tuesday said on a live YouTube broadcast that followers of the Gülen movement should be massacred right...
163 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in April
A total of 163 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in April, according to a monthly report by the Health and Safety Labor...
Inmate suffering from stage four cancer in Kandıra Prison unable to see doctor for...
An inmate with stage four cancer cannot access proper healthcare and has not been taken to a hospital for the past eight months, according...
Human rights organizations urge Turkey to end bans on Saturday Mothers vigils
Amnesty International and several human rights organizations including the Civil Rights Defenders, the Civicus Global Alliance and EuroMed Rights have called on Turkish authorities...
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