Woman arrested on trumped-up terrorism charges worries for the mental health of her children
Saniye Biçer, who was arrested on trumped-up terrorism charges, said in a letter to prominent human rights activist and pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)...
Imprisoned former teacher denied proper treatment while illness progresses in prison
Former teacher imprisoned on trumped up terrorism charges, who has been suffering from Hepatitis B was denied proper treatment by prison authorities and his...
Hate crimes against Syrians escalating rapidly as 3 refugee women and child are beaten...
Hate crimes against Syrian refugees have been escalating in Turkey, as three refugee women and a child were severely beaten in the middle of...
Vice chairman of major conglomerate seized over Gülen links now lives a simple life...
Turkish businessman Osman Nakıboğlu, vice chairman of Naksan Holding before it was seized by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government...
601 military personnel to be dismissed by administrative procedure despite non-prosecution on terrorism charges
The İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office sent the files on 601 military personnel who can’t be prosecuted on terrorism charges due to a lack...
14-year-old Syrian boy stabbed to death in Turkey in alleged hate crime
A 14-year-old Syrian boy was killed in an alleged hate crime on his way to work on October 20, in Turkey's central province of...
Kurdish man detained at Istanbul Airport feared abducted by Turkish intelligence
A Kurdish man who was detained at İstanbul Airport on October 13 and was told he was going to be handed over to Turkey’s...
Turkey’s legal framework and enforcement system are inadequate to fight corruption: Transparency International
Turkey’s legal framework and enforcement system are inadequate to fight corruption, Transparency International said in its recent report on the bribery of foreign public...
Turkish government bans Kurdish theater play in İstanbul
The governor of İstanbul’s Gaziosmanpaşa district yesterday prohibited the staging of a theater play in Kurdish just hours before the performance was scheduled to...
Photographs of deputy police inspector who died in prison quarantine show criminal neglect
Photos of former deputy policy inspector Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu, 44, who died in a quarantine cell in prison on August 29, have been revealed by...
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