Abducted Turkish citizen Ümit Horzum delivered to police after 133 days of disappearance
Turkish citizen Ümit Horzum, who was kidnapped in Turkey’s capital of Ankara on December 6, 2017 over his alleged affiliation to the Gülen movement, was...
Prominent Turkish figures call on authorities to respect women’s rights ahead of International Women’s...
Turkish intellectuals, journalists and members of the judiciary on Monday issued a statement ahead of March 8, International Women's Day, calling on authorities in...
Political prisoners should be released immediately: UN special rapporteur
Against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, a UN special rapporteur called on member states to release inmates who were unlawfully imprisoned, including political...
Turkish journalist gets suspended sentence over İmamoğlu-related reporting
A Turkish court on Tuesday handed down a one-year suspended sentence to journalist Barış Terkoğlu over reports he published alleging that a chief public...
Another Turkish citizen reportedly abducted from plane in Kazakhstan
Turkish national Zabit Kişi was reportedly abducted from a plane by a group of unknown people in Kazakh city of Almaty, his wife said in...
Top court finds reduced sentence for man who killed woman for rejecting proposal ‘reasonable’
A board at the Supreme Court of Appeals has found the reduction of a sentence given to a man who was convicted of the...
Turkish police use disproportionate force to disperse HDP press briefing, detain 12
Turkish police on Wednesday forcefully intervened in a press briefing held by the Kurdish-oriented Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and detained 12 people, the Gazete...
DEM Party says Turkey’s Syria priorities fueling distrust in peace efforts
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has accused Turkey’s government of prioritizing its military and political agenda in Syria over domestic...
Report details tactics used by Erdoğan against Gülen movement supporters
A new report released by the Advocates of Silenced Turkey (AST) has detailed the dirty tactics used by the Justice and and Development Party...
Turkish women losing faith in government determination to effectively tackle gender-based violence
Women's rights activists have said since Turkey withdrew from the Istanbul Convention, an international treaty to combat violence against women, many women have lost faith...
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