Kurdish man beaten by vigilantes in southern Turkey
A group of people reportedly stopped a car and beat a man apparently because he was Kurdish in Turkey’s southern province of Antalya, Turkish...
Brother of police inspector found dead in quarantine cell points to ill-treatment and gross...
Harun Kabakçıoğlu, the brother of former police inspector Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu who was found dead on a chair in a quarantine cell in prison in...
Turkish police detain 4 journalists in early morning operation
Turkish authorities detained four journalists Friday morning in police raids on their homes in Istanbul, the T24 news website reported.
Semra Pelek, a former member of...
Turkey moves to criminalize behavior ‘contrary to biological sex,’ alarming LGBT community
Turkey’s government is drafting a judicial reform bill that would impose prison sentences on people who publicly promote or depict gender identities or expressions...
Dissidents living abroad apprehensive about visiting Turkish consulates
Turkish dissidents living abroad are hesitant to visit Turkish embassies and consulates, fearing confiscation of their passports or refusal of their requests, the Ahval...
Famous Turkish YouTuber gets suspended sentence over social media remarks
An İstanbul court has handed down a 26-month suspended sentence to popular YouTuber and filmmaker İlker Canikligil over comments he made during a livestream...
Christians in Turkey face increasing discrimination amid rising nationalism: report
A growing wave of nationalism in Turkey is creating challenges for the country’s Christian minority, who face social and institutional pressures, according to Open...
Journalist Ünal’s request for release denied by Turkish court despite his 17 months behind...
A request by Ali Ünal, a former columnist of the now-defunct Zaman daily, to be released pending trial was denied by a Turkish court although...
Turkey blocks union’s X account over posts commemorating executed student leaders
A Turkish court has ordered an access ban on the X account of the Education and Science Workers’ Union (Eğitim-İş), reportedly over posts commemorating...
More than 100 students detained at Boğaziçi University amid protests against crackdown on LGBT...
The arrest of two Boğaziçi University students over a poster that depicted LGBT rainbow symbols alongside an image of the Kaaba in Mecca has...
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