Turkish gov’t seeks to collect debt from 6 opposition-run municipalities through sanctions: reports
The Turkish Labor Ministry has imposed financial sanctions on six municipalities run by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) aimed at collecting debt...
Turkey uses post-9/11 counterterrorism model to target critics in exile: report
Turkey has used strategies similar to post-9/11 US counterterrorism practices to crack down on critics in exile, particularly members of the Gülen movement, Turkish...
Prison authorities deny critically ill woman necessary medical care
Aysu Bayram, 46, a Turkish woman who suffers from Parkinson’s disease and also requires regular care for a liver transplant, said she has been...
Rights groups demand Turkey disclose investigations of public officials related to devastating earthquakes in...
Human Rights Watch, the Platform for Families in Pursuit of Justice and the Citizens’ Assembly have urged Turkish authorities to reveal the number of public officials...
Turkish authorities intensify crackdown on pro-Kurdish opposition in 2024: report
Turkish authorities detained at least 3,948 people and arrested 632 in 2024 as part of an intensified crackdown on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and...
Turkey detains 14 more over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police detained 14 individuals on Tuesday over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in a series of coordinated house raids in three...
Pro-Kurdish party provincial chair among 6 detained
Turkish police have detained Reşat Aşan, the Mersin provincial chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), along with five others,...
Turkey continues arrests for terrorism based on scant evidence, minimal due process: US State...
The US State Department said in its “Country Reports on Terrorism 2023” released this week that Turkey continued to detain and arrest individuals for...
Activists arrested for protesting Erdoğan’s Israel trade face up to 3 years in prison
Nine pro-Palestinian activists, recently held in pretrial detention for several days for protesting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over Turkey’s alleged ongoing trade with Israel,...
Defendant in ‘High School Girls Case’ was subjected to strip-search while in custody, court...
A university student said she was subjected to a strip-search while in custody, according to the court records for the first hearing of what...
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