Liberal International to honor jailed businessman Kavala with 2025 freedom award
Liberal International will award its 2025 Prize for Freedom to jailed Turkish businessman and civil society figure Osman Kavala at a ceremony in Germany next month,...
Turkish police’s armored vehicle hits 8-year-old child in Şırnak’s Cizre
A speeding armored vehicle hit a child playing in the street near in Sur neighborhood of Cizre district of Şırnak province in Turkey. It...
Syrian refugee who lost entire family in fire says they were evicted from their...
Hussein Aljasem, a Syrian refugee who lost his six children, his wife and two nephews in a fire caused by a coal burning stove...
Teen briefly detained in central Turkey for anti-AKP outburst on stage
A teenager was briefly detained after jumping on stage during a concert in the central Turkish province of Konya and urging locals not to...
Inadequate nutrition in Turkish prison leads to health issues
The family members of inmates in a northern Turkish prison have said the lack of adequate nutrition has led to increasing health problems in...
EP rapporteur Piri calls on Turkey to release jailed HDP presidential candidate Demirtaş
The European Parliament's (EP) Turkey rapporteur, Kati Piri, has called for the release of jailed pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party's (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş...
Spying by Turkish diplomats in Singapore triggered criminal investigation in Turkey, documents reveal
The Turkish government used its diplomats in Singapore to profile opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and gather intelligence about them to help...
Dismissed academic gets 10 years in prison on terrorism charges
A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of 10 years to an academic who had been dismissed from her job in the...
Turkish gov’t detains teacher couple after speaking out in an interview broadcasted by Finland’s...
A Turkish teacher couple, identified as Serdar A. and Merve A., were detained after Turkish authorities found out that they had spoken against the...
5 ISIL militants who killed 3 police officers in Turkey had been acquitted months...
Five of the six Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants who shot three police officers dead in a pre-dawn raid in...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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