Envoys who backed Turkish philanthropist to be declared persona non grata: Erdoğan
The ambassadors of 10 countries including Germany and the United States who appealed for the release of Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala will be declared...
Turkish gov’t cuts disability benefit for blind journalist serving prison sentence
Visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, who was jailed in July 2017 over alleged links to the Gülen movement, sent a letter through his...
Turkish prosecutors file charges against reporter for exposing mistreatment in deportation centers
Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment against Feyza Nur Çalıkoğlu, a journalist for the Karar news website, following her investigative report on alleged abuse...
Writer to serve sentence for showing solidarity with Kurdish daily
A Kurdish writer has been sent to prison to serve a 15-month sentence on conviction of disseminating terrorist propaganda when acting as the symbolic...
Women’s rights activists demand reinstatement of Istanbul Convention after 2 more femicides
Two women were murdered by their partners on Thursday, causing an outcry among women's rights activists, who demanded reinstatement of the Istanbul Convention, an...
Hürriyet daily spoke with pastor Brunson but failed to publish the interview
The Washington representative of Turkey’s Hürriyet daily interviewed US pastor Andrew Brunson, who was kept in pre-trial detention in Turkey on terrorism charges for...
Women’s groups in Turkey demand probe into rise in suspicious deaths
Women’s rights groups in Turkey are calling for a thorough investigation into a surge in suspicious deaths of women, after four women were found...
Turkey says EU is ‘unjust and biased’ on membership bid
The European Commission’s annual report on Turkey’s long-stalled EU membership bid is “unjust and biased,” the Turkish foreign ministry said, Turkish Minute reported, citing Reuters.
The report by...
Demirtaş says new German gov’t should push Turkey to improve rights record
Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who has been behind bars on terrorism-related charges for five years, on...
CoE commissioner to raise misuse of counterterrorism laws with Turkey
“Anti-terrorism laws in Turkey have made some people’s lives impossible,” said Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Europe’s (CoE) commissioner on human rights, adding that...
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