Turkish gov’t detains dozens over alleged links to Gülen movement on Tuesday
Turkish government has detained dozens of people on Tuesday in several provinces in Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting...
2-year-old dies from the cold due to alleged negligence on the part of electrical...
A 2-year-old child died from the cold on December 12 in Turkey's southeastern Diyarbakır province after the Dicle Electric Distribution Company (DEDAŞ) failed to...
University of Oslo grants Human Rights Award to Turkey’s purge-victim academic
The University of Oslo (UIO) has granted the 2017 Human Rights Award to Turkish academic and human rights activist Professor İştar Gözaydın for her efforts...
Ankara systematically tortures supporters of Gülen movement, Kurds, Turkey Tribunal rapporteurs say: report
The Turkey Tribunal, a civil society-led, symbolic international tribunal established to adjudicate recent human rights violations in Turkey, started proceedings in Geneva on Monday...
EUobserver: European foundation demands release of Turkish journalist Parıldak
A European foundation is calling for the release of a young Turkish journalist, jailed for seven-and-a-half years as a 'terrorist', in the latest of...
Mother of 2 announces on Twitter she will be taken to prison with her...
A mother of two announced yesterday from an anonymous Twitter account that she was going to be sent to Ankara's Sincan Prison with her...
Family of missing Kurdish woman meets with opposition politicians at Turkish parliament
The family of Gülistan Doku, a young Kurdish woman who went missing on January 5, 2020, met with opposition politicians at the Turkish parliament...
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP: Party member abducted by masked gunmen
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) member and businessman Kamil Acar was abducted by masked gunmen in Diyarbakır province on Thursday night according to...
Demirtaş says Kobani is a trial of political revenge against HDP
Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who along with 107 other Kurdish politicians is standing trial for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests, said...
Ailing former police chief dies of heart attack in prison vehicle
Former police chief Necip Bulut, 50, an inmate who suffered from cardiac disease, died of a heart attack on Wednesday in a prison vehicle...
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