Turkish coup suspect wearing ‘hero’ T-shirt in trial thrown out of courtroom
One of the suspects on trial for an assassination attempt against Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the night of a failed coup...
Evrensel daily editor-in-chief investigated for insulting Erdoğan in article
The Evrensel newspaper’s editor-in-chief Fatih Polat said on Thursday he is under investigation on allegations of insulting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in...
RSF: Turkish journalism in the throes of death, European court last hope
Assessing the state of the media in Turkey in a report for the anniversary of a controversial coup attempt in the country on July...
HDP files criminal complaint against Turkey’s state-run TRT for causing public harm
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has filed a criminal complaint against the state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) for causing public harm,...
Report: 226 women killed by men across Turkey in first half of 2017
A report released by the Umut Foundation has revealed that 226 women were killed by men in the first six months of 2017 across Turkey.
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CHP deputy Tanrıkulu questions Turkish PM about detention of human rights defenders
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has submitted a parliamentary question and asked Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım about the...
Dismissed Turkish academic returns to his university as a student
A former academic at Ankara University’s Faculty of Law, who was dismissed from duty by Turkish government's executive decree under the rule of emergency declared...
EP’s Harms to visit Turkish teacher jailed over alleged Gülen links in Georgia
Rebecca Harms, a member of the European Parliament and Co-President of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, is going to visit Turkish teacher Mustafa Emre Çabuk...
Veteran Turkish teacher has to work as small farmer after dismissed by Turkey’s gov’t
An unidentified Turkish teacher with 35.5 years of experience in education, according to his own telling, has had to make a living as a...
MÜSİAD’s ads on Turkey’s controversial coup not allowed in US for being ‘too political’
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has refused to allow ads prepared by the US branch of the Independent Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (MÜSİAD)...
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
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The May 2023 re-election of...