3 Turkish prisoners die out of 17 infected with coronavirus: minister

Three Turkish prisoners have died of the coronavirus, Turkey’s justice minister said on Monday as he announced the first cases of convicts diagnosed with...

Jailed İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu to receive 2026 Paweł Adamowicz Award

Ekrem İmamoğlu, İstanbul’s jailed mayor and a leading opposition figure in Turkey, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Paweł Adamowicz Award for...

28 EP members send letter to Kosovo’s Thaçi and Haradinaj over 6 abducted Turkish...

Twenty-eight members of the European Parliament sent a letter on Monday to Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi and Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on the...

Brussels-based NGO demonstrates against illegal pushbacks

A Brussels-based human rights monitor on Sunday organized a demonstration in front of the Brussels Central Train Station against pushbacks at the Turkish-Greek border,...

Death of Ahmet Burhan Ataç reveals plight of children caught up in Turkey’s massive...

The terrible ordeal of an 8-year-old Turkish boy who lost his life to cancer while his father was jailed and his mother tried on...

[UPDATE] French journalist detained in İstanbul during protests released

A French journalist detained for covering a pro-Kurdish protest in İstanbul who was facing possible deportation has been released, he told Agence France-Presse on Wednesday. Raphael Boukandoura,...

Pakistani human rights lawyer: We will go down to root of official lies in...

Asma Jilani Jahangir, renowned Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the lawyer...

EU calls on Turkey to investigate abduction cases targeting Gülen movement

The European Union (EU) on Thursday said it was closely following developments in Turkey including the abductions of people from the Gülen movement, reminding...

President Erdoğan vows not to send Syrians home, slams main opposition leader over anti-refugee...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday pledged not to send refugees who fled civil war in Syria and sought refuge in Turkey back...

Turkey detains another suspect for threats against Hrant Dink Foundation

A second man who allegedly sent a threat to the Hrant Dink Foundation was detained in İstanbul on Monday. Fethiye Çetin, a lawyer for the...

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