Turkey’s bar associations call on international community to stop China’s treatment of Uyghurs
In a joint statement 73 bar associations across Turkey called on the UN and the international community to initiate targeted sanctions against China in...
Academic faces criminal complaint due to Ph.D. thesis on authoritarianism in Turkey
A criminal complaint has been filed against a Turkish academic over the content of his Ph.D. thesis on the subject of rising authoritarianism in...
337 prominent figures of Turkish society call for a ‘democracy alliance’
Following the detention and subsequent arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, 337 people — including writers, academics and politicians — have called on the...
Turkish journalist detained again for covering alleged judicial corruption
Furkan Karabay, an editor for the Gerçek Gündem news website, has been detained by the İstanbul police on accusations of “targeting officials fighting against...
Turkish police raid IHD Diyarbakir office, detain board member
Turkish police on Thursday raided the Human Rights Association (İHD) Diyarbakır branch, detaining board member Ferhat Berkpınar, the Duvar news website reported.
The raid took...
Turkish strikes in northern Iraq spark fires
Turkish airstrikes on Wednesday have caused widespread fires in the Al-Amadiya district north of Duhok in Iraqi Kurdistan, Turkish Minute reported, citing local sources.
The...
Prison administrations neglect health of Kurdish inmates on hunger strikes: report
Kurdish inmates on hunger strikes in 11 prisons across Turkey are faced with neglect and arbitrary restrictions by prison administrations, the Artı Gerçek news...
Turkey detains 20 more over alleged Gülen links, raising total to 267 for the...
Turkish police detained 20 people, including 14 police officers, on Thursday in the fourth operation this week targeting individuals with alleged links to the...
122,632 jailed over alleged Gülen links since coup attempt in 2016: justice minister
A total of 122,632 people have been jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement since a coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016,...
Businessman jailed over Gülen links dies due to excessive heat and overcrowding in Turkish...
Fahrettin İşgüder, a 73-year-old businessman who was sentenced to over six years in prison for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died on...
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