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...
Turkey’s Kanal İstanbul to wreak irreversible ecological destruction, watchdog says
Turkey’s Chamber of Civil Engineers (ÇMO) has released a report on “Kanal İstanbul” – a canal similar to the Bosporus that will be dug...
We face threats, prosecution for reporting on abuses in prisons: human rights lawyer
Nagehan Avçil, a human rights lawyer from the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD), said in an interview that lawyers face arrest and prosecution...
More than 5,000 people mistreated or tortured in Turkey in 2021: report
Cases of human rights violations in Turkey last year included 5,488 incidents of torture or mistreatment, with 1,414 of them taking place in prisons,...
Turkish parliament passes bill increasing government monitoring of civil society groups
Turkey’s parliament approved a law Sunday that would increase government monitoring of civil society groups, which rights groups have warned would violate the freedom...
Turkish gov’t accuses journalist Turköne, author of AKP defence in closure case, of coup...
Prof. Dr. Mümtazer Türköne (62), a political scientist, columnist and political activist, has been accused by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government led...
Judges suspended over accusation of taking $720,000 to release Dutch drug kingpin’s associates
Three Turkish judges were suspended after being accused of accepting a $720,000 bribe to free associates of a notorious Dutch drug lord, Turkish Minute...
Woman who gave birth in jail imprisoned again over Gülen links
Serap Erdem, who was arrested when she was pregnant in September 2016 for alleged membership in the Gülen movement, was on Tuesday sent to...
Human rights activist Gergerlioğlu: Turkish prisons full of mothers, babies and pregnant women
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a prominent human rights activist and former head of human rights association Mazlum-Der, has brought the babies, pregnant women and mothers...
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