Doctor bearing witness to torture in Turkish mass detention center: I kept hearing awful...
A medical doctor who was assigned to conduct physical examinations in a gymnasium-turned-mass detention center following a failed coup in Turkey in 2016 spoke...
Critically ill Kurdish prisoner dies after repeated pleas for sentence suspension
Mehmet Edip Taşar, a critically ill, 70-year-old Kurdish prisoner, died in a hospital on Tuesday after authorities repeatedly denied his release despite his worsening...
Van High Security Prison faces allegations of rights violations
Van High Security Prison is facing allegations of arbitrary practices affecting inmates' access to healthcare and legal consultations, the Bold Medya news website reported.
Inmates...
70 students briefly detained for attending Pride March at Boğaziçi University
Turkish police on Friday broke up a Pride March at Boğaziçi University in İstanbul, detaining 70 of the students for participating in the event,...
Noncommissioned officer who allegedly kidnapped and raped young woman released pending trial
Musa Orhan, a noncommissioned Gendarmerie officer who allegedly kidnapped and raped 18-year-old İpek Er, was released from prison on Tuesday, Turkish media reported.
Orhan was...
Businessman says extortion ring tied to justice minister used İstanbul drug probe to demand...
A Turkish businessman wanted in a growing İstanbul investigation into allegations of drug use, drug trafficking and prostitution says a network tied to Justice...
1 in 3 police officers in Turkey considers suicide, study finds
Three out of every 10 police officers in Turkey have considered suicide, according to a recent study conducted by the Police Union.
The study, involving...
ECtHR condemns Turkey over Amnesty activist’s ‘unlawful’ detention
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned Turkey over the arrest in 2017 of the head of the Turkish branch of rights...
Jailed journalist not allowed to see daughter for 6 months
Imprisoned journalist Gazel Bulut, who has not been allowed to see her four-year-old daughter for the past six months due to COVID-19 measures, has...
Turkey detains 42 over Ramadan aid to families linked to Gülen movement
Turkish police on Thursday detained 42 people, most of them women, on accusations of providing financial assistance during Ramadan to families of individuals jailed...
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