Rota Haber news portal editor-in-chief detained in Yalova
Ünal Tanık, owner and editor-in-chief of the Rota Haber news portal, which is among the dozens of media outlets closed down by the Turkish...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 37 educators in Ankara over Gülen links
The Turkish government on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 37 educators as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the...
Transgender social media influencer assaulted in southern Turkey
Mika Raun, a popular transgender social media personality, was assaulted while on holiday in Antalya, southern Turkey.
The attack occurred in the presence of her...
Turkish police wait to detain Feyza Yaylacı shortly after her delivery of a premature...
Turkish police have been reportedly waiting in front of a door of a patient's room at Memorial Hospital in Ankara, where Feyza Yaylacı has...
İHD report reveals at least 10,789 rights violations in 153 Turkish prisons in 2022
A report drafted by Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) has revealed that at least 10,789 rights violations took place in 153 prisons in 58...
20-year-old son of purge victims dies by suicide
Onur Selim Y., a 20-year-old university student living and studying in the northeastern Turkish province of Erzurum, has died by hanging himself from a...
Critics accuse Turkish authorities of negligence after fatal house fire
Activists and journalists on social media are accusing Turkish authorities of negligence following the tragic deaths of five young children in a house fire...
European lawmakers stand with prominent human rights activist Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu
A group of European lawmakers, academics and activists expressed solidarity with human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu and...
Turkish Parliament strips HDP deputies Yıldırım and Ayhan of parliamentary status
The Turkish Parliament on Tuesday stripped pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Ahmet Yıldırım and İbrahim Ayhan of their parliamentary status over court rulings against...
Turkey labeled high risk in global torture index
Turkey has been classified as a high-risk country for torture and ill-treatment in the first edition of a new international index, Turkish Minute reported.
The Global...
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