Personal notes of inmate who died in prison reveal neglect and mistreatment
The personal notes kept by Bazo Yılmaz, 67, who died in prison in Turkey's eastern Şanlıurfa province on August 18, have shed light on...
At least 25,716 work-related deaths have occurred on AKP’s watch: report
Sezgin Tanrıkulu, human rights activist and Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy, has announced yesterday based on a report drafted by his party that at...
OSCE visits Turkish opposition to discuss possible election fraud in June polls
A delegation from Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has met with Turkish opposition party members prior to snap elections on June...
New judicial reform bill again requires women to take husband’s surname
Turkey’s legal provision allowing women to use their maiden name only in conjunction with their husband's surname, previously annulled by the Constitutional Court, has...
Mother of 2 murdered in another case of femicide in Turkey
Şermin Sarı, 33, a mother of two, on Thursday was fatally hit in the head with a rock by her ex-husband in the garden...
Number of sick inmates considerably higher than revealed by Ministry of Justice: İHD
The Prisons Commission of Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) in a press statement last Thursday said the number of sick inmates in Turkish prisons...
World Justice Project shows Turkey among world’s worst for rule of law
Turkey has fallen to the 101st position out of 113 countries in the World Justice Project’s 2017-18 Rule of Law Index, a comprehensive measure...
Cafe owned by wife of slain Kurdish lawyer targeted with stun grenades, gunfire
A cafe in Turkey’s southeastern city of Diyarbakır owned by Türkan Elçi, a member of parliament from the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and widow...
Gun violence surged by over 74 percent in Turkey in last 6 years: report
Incidents of gun violence in Turkey increased by 74.7 percent between 2015 and 2021, resulting in the death of 2,145 people last year, Turkish...
Turkish Embassy in Wellington spied on Erdogan critics, profiled unsuspecting residents in New Zealand:...
Critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan profiled by Turkish diplomats in New Zealand were charged with “membership in a terrorist group” by a Turkish...
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