Turkey’s top court rules rights violation in 2016 death during Şırnak curfew
The Constitutional Court of Turkey has ruled that the death of a Kurdish man during the 2015-2016 curfews in Şırnak was an unlawful killing...
Following the murder of 2 young women, Turkish social media calls attention to victims...
Following the tragic murder of two young women, Turkish social media has become a platform for sharing the stories of women who have fallen...
At least 1,371 workers died in occupational accidents in first three quarters of 2024:...
Turkey recorded at least 1,371 deaths in work-related accidents in the first nine months of this year, the Health and Safety Labour Watch/Turkey (İSİG)...
Turkey’s top court annuls ban on damages for civil servants dismissed after 2016 failed...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled the provision of a decree preventing civil servants dismissed under emergency decrees in the aftermath of a coup attempt...
Turkey mulls banning Discord over its alleged use in child abuse, online harassment
Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu has signaled that the government is considering banning Discord, a popular communication app, in the wake...
Over 190,000 sexual offense cases were investigated in Turkey in 2023
Turkey's chief public prosecutors opened a total of 193,212 sexual offense investigations in 2023, according to the Judicial Statistics 2023 report from the Ministry...
34 women killed by men, 20 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...
Thirty-four women were murdered by men in Turkey in September, and 20 more died under suspicious circumstances, the We Will Stop Femicide Platform reported.
Of...
Turkey detains 13 students over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police have detained 13 students in an operation based in the southern province of Mersin over their alleged links to the Gülen movement,...
Torture victim says he lost his vision due to blows to head in police...
A torture victim who was detained as part of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown when he was a 20-year old university student has said he lost...
Documentary on Turkey’s post-coup purge victims banned again for being ‘provocative’
The governor’s office in the southern Turkish province of Antalya has banned a documentary depicting the plight of victims of a post-coup purge in...
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