Syrian teenager stabbed to death in southern Turkey’s Hatay province
A young Syrian man was stabbed to death on Sunday in an apparent hate crime in the southern Turkish province of Hatay, the Duvar...
Minister accuses Kurdish villagers allegedly tortured by Turkish soldiers of aiding terrorists: report
Turkey’s interior minister, Süleyman Soylu, has claimed that Kurdish villagers Servet Turgut and Osman Şiban, who were allegedly tortured by Turkish security forces in...
Turkish gov’t instructs prosecutors to ban lawyers under investigation from defending suspects
The Turkish Ministry of Justice has instructed high criminal court prosecutors to ban lawyers under investigation from defending suspects and convicts accused of terror...
Former teacher jailed over Gülen links with baby
Mine Işıktaş, a former teacher who was sentenced to more than six years in prison over links to the faith-based Gülen movement based on...
İzmir hospital says paralyzed inmate who will have heart surgery fit to remain in...
Şerife Sulukan, 45, a paralyzed woman serving time on conviction of affiliation with the Gülen movement who has been admitted to a hospital for...
Inmate in Diyarbakır Prison subjected to torture, says Independent Lawyers Association
Mehmet Sıdık Meşe, an inmate in southeastern Turkey's Diyarbakır Prison, has been subjected to beating and torture by prison guards, said the Independent Lawyer's...
ECtHR sentences Turkey to pay 12,000 euros over torture
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Turkey to pay 12,000 euros to Turkish citizen Mehmet Uğraş Vatandaş as pecuniary and non-pecuniary...
Public officials not to be investigated over death of child in floods in northern...
The governor’s office in the northwestern Turkish province of Kastamonu has refused to allow an investigation into public officials over their alleged role in...
Families of occupational accident victims wait years for compensation
The families of workers who died in occupational accidents have complained of waiting for years to be compensated for their loss, the Birgün daily...
Amnesty slams Turkey’s human rights violations under pretext of pandemic measures: report
Amnesty International has criticized Turkey for the authorities’ use of punitive and coercive measures in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, which have resulted...
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