Turkey’s Erdoğan: HDP co-chair Demirtaş is a terrorist who ordered to kill 53 Kurds
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during a press conference on Saturday that he perceives pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş...
1 employee injured in attack at pro-Kurdish party building in İstanbul
An assailant carrying a gun and a knife attacked staff at a pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) building in İstanbul’s Bahçelievler district on Tuesday,...
Criminal complaint filed against British speaker who likened Atatürk to the devil 5 years...
The İstanbul Bar Association has filed a criminal complaint against Hamza Andreas Tzortzis, a British Muslim convert of Greek heritage and a public speaker who...
Children of political prisoners in Turkey cast as ‘potential criminals,’ new report finds
Children of political prisoners in Turkey are being treated as “potential criminals” and face widespread rights abuses, according to a new report published on...
Syrian refugee teen physically assaulted in southern Turkey
A 15-year-old Syrian refugee was brutally beaten by the family of a friend over a game dispute in the southern province of Gaziantep, the...
Family of inmate with late stage cancer urges authorities to release him before it’s...
The family of Yusuf Özmen, a stage 4 cancer patient who remains in prison despite a hospital report saying he is almost totally disabled,...
Joint NGO submits observations on Turkey to UN Committee Against Torture
The Stockholm Center for Freedom and four other NGOs on Friday submitted a series of observations to the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) on...
11-year-old’s talk of suicide after mother jailed underscores toll of Gülen-linked cases in Turkey
An 11‑year‑old in Turkey has begun saying he wants to kill himself since his mother’s recent detention over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
Concerns over mental health of police officers rise as 4 die by suicide in...
Four police officers have died by suicide so far this year, raising concerns over the mental well-being of members of the Turkish police force,...
Prison administration bans jailed Kurdish leader’s novel for ‘obscenity’
A prison administration in northwestern Turkey has refused to give a novel written by a jailed Kurdish politician to an inmate on the grounds...
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