Turkey’s main opposition leader condemns ongoing discrimination of Alevis
Özgür Özel, leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), in a speech on Friday said the Alevi community was being subjected to...
Turkey investigates prominent rights activist over remarks about use of chemical weapons
Şebnem Korur Fincancı, a famous human rights activist and head of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), is under investigation due to her comments on...
Gross human rights violations continue in Turkish prisons, says report
Human rights violations against detainees and inmates are continuing with increasing cases of unlawful strip-searches, abuse and torture, according to a report by the...
Turkish journalist briefly detained due to article titled ‘We can stop the dictatorship’
Turkish journalist Ali Ergin Demirhan, an editor at the critical sendika.org news website, was briefly detained on Monday due to an article on the...
Exiled Turkish journalist leaves Sweden 2 years after brutal attack
Ahmet Dönmez, a Turkish journalist living in exile in Sweden, said in an interview with the Journalisten news website that he left the country...
Kurds trust EU, UN more than Turkish gov’t institutions on human rights issues: survey
Kurds in Turkey trust the European Union and the United Nations more than the Turkish judiciary, presidency and parliament when it comes to human...
Erdoğan’s hatred of Yazidis takes a toll in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The deep hostility harbored by Turkey’s Islamist rulers against non-Muslims has reached a point of blind hatred that often rears its ugly...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 77 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained at least 77 people across Turkey on Friday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
Critically ill man sent back to prison after temporary release despite worsening health
İzzeddin Yenigün, suffering from intestinal and kidney disorders, was sent back to prison despite his deteriorating condition and his temporary release last year for...
Turkey detains 60 over alleged Gülen links including former and active duty members of...
Turkish police have detained 60 of 77 people named in detention warrants in İstanbul, İzmir and Ankara, including active duty and former military officers...
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