Policeman accused of torture gets fined $450, with payment deferred for 5 years
The Erzurum Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled to impose a fine of TL 3,000 (approximately $450, less than the fine for breaking curfew)...
European Parliament urges Turkey to end expulsions of foreign Christians and journalists
The European Parliament on Thursday condemned what it called Turkey’s targeted expulsions of foreign Christians and foreign journalists on national security grounds and urged...
Turkish parliament defies top court ruling to fix controversial law
The Turkish Parliament has enacted changes to a controversial piece of legislation that altered the wording of the law but preserved its essence, despite...
Turkey’s top court finds no rights violation in cases of 6 journalists: report
The Turkish Constitutional Court found no violation of rights in two separate cases involving six journalists over their reports on military involvement in Libya...
Turkish regulator suspends pro-opposition Halk TV, TELE1 broadcasts for 5 days
İlhan Taşcı, a member of Turkey’s broadcast regulator, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), announced on Twitter today that RTÜK has ruled to...
Turkish police chief who oversaw torture protected by Erdogan gov’t: report
A police chief who authorized horrific torture sessions against critics of the authoritarian regime of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quietly allowed to...
75-year-old woman convicted of sending money to inmates taken to prison on stretcher
Hatice Yıldız, an ailing 75-year-old woman who had been sentenced to four years on charges of “financing a terrorist organization” because she sent money...
148 people including 5 inmates died, 281 maltreated or tortured in Turkey in March:...
Cases of human rights violations in Turkey in March included 148 deaths and 281 incidents of torture or maltreatment, with 51 of them taking...
Pro-Kurdish party announces human rights toll during coronavirus outbreak
According to a report drafted by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), 15 civilians, six of whom were under the age of 18 died,...
160 Turkish groups oppose reported anti-LGBTQ+ bill
A coalition of 160 civil society organizations in Turkey on Tuesday condemned the government’s plans for a new bill that would impose prison sentences...
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