CPT report highlights problems in Turkey’s immigration detention centers
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has stated in its report on Turkey that many foreign nationals were kept for...
Wives and children of 3 detained Turkish educators in Gabon also taken into police...
The spouses and children of three detained executives of the Ecole la Lumière, a school in Gabon's capital of Libreville that is affiliated with the...
Turkey admits to allowing Ethiopia to deploy drones involved in mass civilian casualties: report
A high-ranking Turkish government official has acknowledged that Turkey granted permission for Ethiopia to deploy Turkish-manufactured armed drones, which have been used in attacks...
Turkish gov’t aims to bring researchers back home after dismissing thousands of them
A program to bring Turkish researchers back home will be launched on Dec. 15, said Mustafa Varank, Turkey’s Technology and Industry Minister on Wednesday,...
Turkey’s top court refuses to postpone incarceration of end-stage cancer patient Ayşe Özdoğan
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled against postponing the incarceration of Ayşe Özdoğan, a woman with end-stage cancer who is currently in prison in southern...
Turkish watchdog fines Netflix and TV stations for gov’t criticism, ‘immoral’ content
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed fines on digital platforms Netflix and local streaming application Exxen in addition...
Turkish hoteliers blast Booking.com ban amid concerns over worsening business
Turkey’s hoteliers have protested a recent decision by an İstanbul court that banned activities of the Dutch-based online hotel booking platform Booking.com in Turkey,...
21 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in February
Twenty-one women were murdered by men in Turkey in February, while 16 died under suspicious circumstances, Turkish Minute reported, citing a monthly report from a leading...
Turkey’s Ege University bars purge victims from graduate school admission
The İzmir-based Ege University has announced on its website that victims of a post-coup crackdown in Turkey who were dismissed from their state jobs...
Turkey detains doctors’ union chair after chemical weapons comment
Turkish police have detained the head of Turkey’s doctors’ union on allegations of spreading “terrorist propaganda” after she urged a probe into the army’s...
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