Uşak mayor detained in bribery probe amid growing crackdown on main opposition
Turkish authorities detained the mayor of Uşak along with 10 others on Friday as part of a bribery investigation, the latest move in an...
1,963 die due to work-related accidents during OHAL period in Turkey
The İstanbul Council for Worker Health and Work Safety (İSİG) has reported that at least 1,963 workers, including 51 child laborers and 74 refugees,...
Conditions in Kayseri Bünyan and Tarsus prisons dismal, says parliamentary Human Rights Committee
The Turkish Parliament's Human Rights Committee has said in a report that conditions in Tarsus and Kayseri Bünyan prisons were dismal and needed major...
4 detained in eastern Turkey in protests over removal of Kurdish mayors
Four people have been detained in the eastern province of Van for protesting the removal of three Kurdish mayors in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeast...
Coetzee, Gavras send message of solidarity to Gülmen, Özakça on 83rd day of their...
Nobel Laureate author John Maxwell Coetzee and famous film director Costa Gavras have given support and showed solidarity with Turkish academic Nuriye Gülmen and...
Earthquake restrictions muzzle Turkish media ahead of elections: monitor
A state of emergency imposed in Turkey’s earthquake-hit southeast is shackling reporters, a top media rights campaigner told AFP, expressing fears they will be...
Oppression targeting pro-Kurdish HDP mounts all sides ahead of referendum
Turkish government’s oppression targeting pro-Kurdish People’s Democracy Party (HDP) has geared up with new arrest warrants for HDP deputies and new seizures of pro-Kurdish...
Noncommissioned officer accused of abduction and rape remains free pending trial
A Turkish court yesterday rejected a request for the arrest of Musa Orhan, a noncommissioned gendarmerie officer who allegedly kidnapped and raped 18-year-old Ipek...
Turkey did not obtain Khashoggi recording through surveillance: minister
Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Monday said that Turkey did not obtain an audio recording related to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at...
Ex-MP says his release is a harbinger of freedom for all pro-Kurdish party members
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, human rights defender and former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), said his release from prison on Tuesday was...
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