DEM Party lawmaker decries human toll of recent crackdown on Gülen movement
The human cost of a recent government crackdown on the Gülen movement was criticized during a parliamentary speech by Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a deputy from the...
Turkish Ministry of Justice reports 1,026 prison deaths in 17 months
A total of 1,026 inmates died in Turkish prisons between July 2023 and December 2024, the Velev news website reported, citing data released by the...
Australian government says Turkey’s Gülen crackdown persists nine years after coup
Turkish authorities continue to detain, arrest, torture and blacklist people accused of ties to the Gulen movement, often without credible evidence, due process or...
Turkey detains 10 more people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained 10 more people in the ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
Police conducted operations...
Factory owners avoid legal pressure as families of blast victims withdraw complaints
The families of four workers who died in a 2024 explosion at the Oba Makarna pasta factory in Sakarya province have withdrawn their complaints...
Turkey deported Syrian rights activist, wife in violation of international law: rights group
Turkey deported a prominent Syrian human rights activist and his wife to Syria on Monday in violation of international law, the Human Rights Association...
Report reveals alarming shortage of women’s shelters across Turkey
A recent report by Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi has revealed a critical shortage in the number and capacity of women’s...
Agricultural workers in Turkey’s İzmir province protest company pressure to cut ties with union
More than 350 agricultural workers, most of them women, employed at Queen Flowers in İzmir province, have been protesting the company over pressure to...
Turkish women face double burden at home and in the workforce
Turkish women in the workforce continue to face multiple challenges, including demanding working conditions and the burden of domestic responsibilities, the Evrensel news website reported.
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Turkey should scrap ‘obsolete and unjustified’ offense of insulting the president: HRW
Human Rights Watch has renewed its call for Turkey to repeal Article 299 of the penal code, which criminalizes “insulting the president,” citing recent...
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