Turkey detains former news director of a sport channel in new post-coup probe
Yasir Kaya, a TV presenter and the former news director of Fenerbahçe football club’s official TV channel was detained on Friday following the detentions...
Turkish court sends woman to prison on coup charges hours after surgery
Ayşe Bulut Yanılma, a female teacher who used to work at a prep-school affiliated with the Gülen movement, has been arrested by a Turkish...
Turkish coup suspect Dişli: I was taken to Akıncı Airbase at gunpoint just like...
Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli, one of the key suspects in a trial concerning a controversial coup attempt in Turkey last year and brother of...
Turkey denying visas to Kyrgyz students at Gülen affiliated schools and their families
Kyrgyz nationals who study at the schools affiliated with the Gülen movement as well as their families are being denied visas to Turkey, said...
BBC report: Women with 6-month-old infants in jail due to emergency rule in Turkey
Hundreds of women are in pretrial detention in jails across Turkey with their infants, some of them less than six months old, due to...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people on Friday over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government’s massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movement has continued on Friday with dozens of new detentions...
Jailed co-mayor of Saray district of Turkey’s Van province severely tortured by prison guards
Zilan Aldatmaz, who is arrested co-mayor of Saray district of Turkey's Van province, was reportedly tortured by the prison guardians in Elazığ T Type Prison,...
Turkish police detain a man accused of dismantling Atatürk bust in İstanbul
Turkish police has detained a man who dismantled the bust of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who is founding father of modern Turkish Republic, at a schoolyard...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 17 football fans over banner for supporting hunger strikers
Detention warrants were issued by Samsun Chief prosecutor's Office for 17 fans of Turkish football club Beşiktaş for holding a banner during a Sunday match that...
70-year-old Turkish woman intending Hajj pilgrim detained on coup charges at İstanbul airport
A 70-year-old Turkish woman, who is a prospective Hajj pilgrim, was detained by Turkish police on coup charges at İstanbul’s Atatürk on Thursday night.
According...
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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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