Turkish court again blocks access to pro-Kurdish news agency website
A Turkish court has imposed another access ban on a website used by a media outlet critical of government policy on the Kurdish issue,...
Turkey expels 13 judges, prosecutors from profession over Gülen links: report
Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has expelled 13 judges and prosecutors from the legal profession due to their alleged links to the...
Wife of jailed former officer says husband can barely see or move, requests his...
The wife of a former staff colonel who was convicted on coup charges said her husband's heath had deteriorated to the point where he...
Judge from Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appels urges support for Erdoğan
Supreme Court of Appeals member Mustafa Aysal posted a message in a WhatsApp group aiming to garner support for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the...
Amnesty International’s chief not allowed to visit jailed Turkish human rights defender İdil Eser
Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty was not permitted to visit the Amnesty’s Turkey director İdil Eser, who was jailed on “terrorism” charges two...
Turkey’s jailed rights defender makes final appeal before verdict
One of Turkey’s most famous prisoners appeared in court Friday for what could be his final hearing in a case that has come to...
UN’s Magazzeni: Deterioration of the human rights in Turkey ‘a cause for alarm’
United Nations (UN) Chief Representative Gianni Magazzeni said that the deterioration of the human rights situation in Turkey is “a cause for alarm” and...
Turkish prosecutor seeks up to 10 years for journalists over terrorism links
A Turkish prosecutor has sought prison sentences of up to 10 years for seven people, including five journalists,over their published work, arguing that their...
Doctor bears witness to torture in Turkish mass detention center: Rape with police truncheon...
A medical doctor who was assigned to conduct physical examinations in a gymnasium-turned-mass detention center following a failed coup in Turkey in 2016 spoke...
Hate speech in Turkey against Christians on the rise
Christians in Turkey are worried about the increasing hate speech against their communities in the country, the Diken news website reported on Thursday, citing...
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