UN committee finds rights violations in case of teacher arrested over Gülen links, calls...
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has called on Turkey to release a teacher who was arrested in 2018 over alleged links to a...
A sick Kurdish prisoner says they are subjected to inhumane practices in Turkish prison
Hasan Aşa, a sick prisoner in need of urgent treatment in Diyarbakır Type D Closed Prison on remand for 3 years, has sent letter...
CHP chair Kılıçdaroğlu gives Turkey’s Erdoğan a deadline to expose facts on Zarrab
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said he would give Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan until Tuesday to...
26 detained in İzmir bribery probe amid crackdown on Turkey’s main opposition
Turkish police on Thursday detained 26 municipal officials and employees in the western city of İzmir in a bribery investigation targeting a district municipality...
Turkish gov’t detains 494 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government detained a total of 494 people last week (Nov. 5-Nov. 12) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
Turkey plans individualized legal steps for PKK militants under proposed ‘opportunity law’
The Turkish government is preparing individualized legal measures for members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), including those currently in prison and those...
Kurdish man feared abducted by Turkish intelligence turns up in detention after 45 days
Bahtiyar Fırat, a Kurdish man who had been missing since October 14, has re-emerged in detention at the organized crimes bureau of the İstanbul...
Erdoğan’s ultranationalist ally MHP excludes alleged members of Gülen movement from ‘general amnesty’ proposal
The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the ultranationalist ally of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government led by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has...
Turkey admits to allowing Ethiopia to deploy drones involved in mass civilian casualties: report
A high-ranking Turkish government official has acknowledged that Turkey granted permission for Ethiopia to deploy Turkish-manufactured armed drones, which have been used in attacks...
Syrian students promised high school education by Turkish gov’t-linked NPO sent back home
Syrian students who were promised a high school education in Turkey by a Turkish non-profit organization have been stripped of their scholarships and sent...
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