Parents of Turkish hunger strikers say police threaten them to halt protest
The parents of hunger strikers Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça made a statement to the press regarding police threats to halt the protests.
The family...
25 journalists jailed in Turkey in first quarter of 2025: report
The Turkish government intensified its crackdown on the media in the first quarter of 2025, jailing 25 journalists and launching dozens of prosecutions, Turkish...
US President Trump and Turkey’s Erdoğan agree to meet in New York amid tension
US President Donald Trump and Turkey’s autocratic Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke on the phone on Saturday and agreed to continue to work toward stronger...
Court gives suspended sentence to poet Odabaşı for insulting Erdoğan
Poet and author Yılmaz Odabaşı on Wednesday received a suspended jail sentence of one year, eight months for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkey will refrain from providing further information on Kavala case to OHCHR
A letter recently sent by the Turkish Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for...
Work-related accidents in construction result in 1,754 fatalities over 5 years
The Confederation of Revolutionary Workers’ Unions (DİSK) said 1,754 workers have died in the last five years in construction sector work accidents in Turkey,...
US religious freedom commission recommends Turkey for Special Watch List over severe violations
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recommended that Turkey be placed on the State Department’s Special Watch List for engaging...
Turkish minister’s brother, jailed over alleged Gülen links, lists human rights violations in prison
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Pakdermirli, a university rector and brother of Turkish Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli who has been jailed for over two years...
Woman given suspended sentence on Erdoğan insult charges for criticizing Instagram ban
A Turkish court has handed down a suspended sentence of almost a year to a woman for criticizing a government ban on Instagram on...
More than 6,000 people appeared in court in 2023 for insulting Erdoğan, his government
A total of 6,879 people appeared in Turkish courts in 2023 on allegations of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan or his Justice and Development...
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