CPJ calls on Turkey to investigate attacks on journalists during recent elections and treat...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkish authorities to investigate multiple incidents of journalists being attacked or obstructed from reporting during the country’s...
HDP co-chair rules out possibility of new peace talks between gov’t, Kurdish militants
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Pervin Buldan has ruled out the chances of a new reconciliation process aimed at solving Turkey’s Kurdish problem...
Human rights groups: Malaysian authorities also to blame for Turkish educator’s torture
Malaysian human rights organisations Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) and Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) say Malaysian authorities violated international law by deporting a Turkish teacher to...
Jailed İstanbul mayor testifies to prosecutors in new probe over his courtroom remarks
İstanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, testified to prosecutors on Wednesday as part of a fresh investigation concerning remarks he made during a recent court...
Disaster resilient schools funded by World Bank, EU withstood quakes in Turkey
Disaster resilient schools built in southern Turkey with support from the World Bank, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and the...
Turkey’s social media users may face 5 years in jail for spreading ‘disinformation’
Social media users in Turkey who spread “disinformation” online could be sentenced to between one and five years in prison under a new law...
Turkish court releases pro-Kurdish journalist Duran from prison for health reasons
A Turkish court ruled on Monday to release jailed journalist Metin Duran from prison following a report issued by Turkey's Institute of Forensic Medicine...
Rights groups urge Turkey to include political prisoners in sentence reform
Twelve international human rights organizations have jointly called on Turkey’s Ministry of Justice to ensure that political prisoners are included in a forthcoming sentence...
IHD says conditions in Turkish prisons poor, human rights violations common
Ahmet Çiçek from the Human Rights Association (IHD) has said conditions in Turkish prisons are inhumane and that human rights violations have become worryingly...
Pro-gov’t daily admits ‘fake’ reports of attack on headscarved woman by Gezi protestors
The radical Islamist, pro-government Yeni Akit newspaper has admitted in a report that claims of a physical attack on a headscarf-wearing woman on the...
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