Woman dies after months in coma following domestic violence
Buse Ateş Suna, who was allegedly beaten by her husband, died after remaining in a coma for two months, the Yeni Yaşam news website...
Netherlands links updating of customs union with Turkey to compliance with ECtHR rulings
The Dutch parliament has voted to make the modernization of the European Union customs union agreement with Turkey conditional on the release of two...
Dutch journalist receives death threats for telling Erdoğan’s son-in-law to ‘get out of Kurdistan’
Dutch freelance journalist Frederike Geerdink has reported that she received death threats after criticizing Selçuk Bayraktar, the son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Opposition party calls on Turkish gov’t to allow May Day demonstrations in Taksim Square
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has called on the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government to allow May Day demonstrations in İstanbul’s...
Journalist investigated for covering stone quarry project close to residential area
Prosecutors in Erzincan have launched an investigation into journalist Duygu Kıt over her report on a project to construct a stone quarry in proximity...
HRW, Norwegian NGO urge Turkey not to return Tajik dissidents
Human Rights Watch and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee on Tuesday released a statement expressing concern over the recent disappearance of several people linked to...
Turkey’s top court finds prisoner uniforms unconstitutional
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has abolished a regulation requiring a designated group of inmates to wear a uniform on the grounds that it failed to...
Turkish police who allegedly beat man filing a complaint still on the job
Police officers in Kocaeli province who were accused of beating a man in March are still on the job with no apparent consequences, one...
Gendarmes beat, detain 16 during strike by union members
A strike at a food production factory in the Kemalpaşa district of Izmir on Tuesday escalated into gendarmes beating and detaining three union executives...
Somali restaurant owner’s harassment by Turkish police was racially motivated: court
A court in Ankara has ruled that Turkish police discriminated against a Somali restaurant owner, recognizing a racial bias in the enforcement of measures...
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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