Int’l press bodies urge Turkish gov’t to release jailed journalists
The representatives of the numbers of international press organizations have come together in a meeting in İstanbul and urged Turkish government to release the...
Report: 1002 more religious schools opened in Turkey last year
According to a report released by Turkey’s Education Ministry, Islamization of Turkish education system has geared up during the educational year of 2017-2017. While there...
Kavala complains about lack of indictment after 15 months in pretrial detention
Turkish human rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala underlined in a letter sent from prison that he has spent 15 months in pretrial detention...
High levels of asbestos pose new threat to Turkey’s quake survivors
Survivors of two powerful earthquakes in southern Turkey are threatened by high levels of asbestos released from the rubble of demolished buildings as reports...
2.3 million irregular migrants denied entry, 283,000 deported since 2016, Turkish interior minister says
A total of 2.327 million irregular migrants have been denied entry at Turkey’s eastern and southern borders, and 283,790 have been deported since 2016,...
39 lawyers charged with terrorism for reporting torture in Turkish prisons
Thirty-nine lawyers detained on September 11 have been charged with terrorism for reporting the torture their clients were subjected to in prison, according to...
Turkish human rights group reports 722 mistreatment-related applications in 2024
A recent report by the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) revealed that in 2024 the organization received 722 applications related to ill-treatment, primarily at the...
İstanbul has become a center of migration with 2.5 mln foreigners: mayor
The mayor of İstanbul has described Turkey's most populous city as the “center of tragic migration,” saying the city currently hosts 2.5 million foreigners,...
Turkish government working on technology to block use of VPN
Amid concerns over the government’s increased grip on the Internet due to a recent regulation governing online media outlets, an expert at the Turkish...
Amnesty says arrest of construction workers ‘an attempt to stifle dissent’
Human rights group Amnesty International has slammed a recent order by an İstanbul court to arrest 24 construction workers and union leaders pending trial...
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