Professor, 8 others detained trying to flee persecution in Turkey
Turkish police detained a professor, his wife, a lawyer and other 6 people on Tuesday in Edirne province as they were allegedly trying flee...
Brother of police inspector found dead in quarantine cell points to ill-treatment and gross...
Harun Kabakçıoğlu, the brother of former police inspector Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu who was found dead on a chair in a quarantine cell in prison in...
Purged military officer reveals torture in police custody in Ankara
A purged military officer who was detained last week in Ankara on alleged ties to the Gülen movement revealed torture and other ill-treatment in...
Turkish police detain one more woman shortly after delivery
B.Ö., a Turkish woman who gave birth on Thursday in the Turkish province of Adana, was detained later the same day over her alleged...
International community and organizations react to Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
World leaders, international and regional organizations and right groups have reacted negatively to Turkey's decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, the Council of...
Armed attack on Italian church in İstanbul, one dead
Masked assailants carried out an attack on an Italian church in İstanbul during a service on Sunday, killing one person, Turkey’s interior minister said,...
Pregnant woman sent back to prison after losing baby
Hanife Çiftçi, who was jailed in June when she was seven weeks pregnant due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement, lost her...
520 children of imprisoned mothers grow up in Turkey’s jails
As Turkey celebrated the 97th anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish Parliament, National Sovereignty and Children’s Day on April 23, at least 520...
Turkish mother reveals the effects of government’s post-coup purge on their family
A Turkish mother revealed on a YouTube channel that her child did not recognize his father, who had been jailed for alleged links to...
Turkey stops publishing data on prison figures amid mass crackdown
Following 207 percent increase in the number of detainees without a conviction, Turkish government has stopped publishing data on the number of detainees and...
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