Journalist indicted on charges of insulting Erdoğan due to criticism on TV
Turkish prosecutors have indicted a journalist on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan due to his criticism of the president on TV, Turkish...
Torture and mistreatment commonplace in Kayseri Bünyan Prison, says former inmate
An inmate released from central Turkey's Kayseri Bünyan Prison said he witnessed torture and mistreatment, which have become commonplace in the facility.
Speaking to Hacı...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Maarif exports Erdoğan’s ideology to Balkans
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The Maarif Foundation, the long arm of the autocratic regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has positioned itself to raise a new...
European mayors to visit İstanbul in show of support for jailed İmamoğlu
European Parliament member Dario Nardella announced on social media over the weekend that a group of European mayors will travel to İstanbul this week to show...
Activists renew calls for release of incarcerated mothers with sick children
Following the recent death of 6-year-old Yusuf Kerim Sayın, who was separated from his imprisoned mother during his struggle with bone cancer, human rights...
AKP gov’t keeping Demirtaş in jail to prevent his running in 2023 election, lawyer...
The Turkish government is keeping Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), behind bars so as to prevent him...
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