Human rights defenders urge Turkish government to end misuse of terror laws in letter...
Human rights advocates and academics have called on the Turkish government to stop the misuse of anti-terror laws and the arbitrary detention of minors...
Ministry of Interior refuses to disclose data on crimes committed by police, nighttime neighborhood...
In response to questions posed by Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Süleyman Bülbül, the Turkish Ministry of Interior has refused to disclose any information...
259 women murdered in Turkey since withdrawal from Istanbul Convention: rights group
Turkey has seen the murder of at least 259 women at the hands of men since the country’s official withdrawal in July 2021 from...
Exiled journalist establishes publishing house to print books banned in Turkey
Can Dündar, a Turkish journalist living in exile, has said a publishing house has been established in Germany to print books that have been...
Jailed Turkish journalist Büşra Erdal: Thanks God, birds not forbidden to visit me
Jailed Turkish journalist and writer Hanım Büşra Erdal has said in a letter sent from her prison ward in İstanbul that she has been waiting...
Turkey agrees on intelligence sharing with Iran during military chief’s visit to Ankara
Turkey and Iran agreed on intelligence sharing and cooperation in the fight against terror during a visit by Iranian Chief of General Staff Maj....
Controversial Turkish imam warns followers country will need cleansing of ‘traitors’ in YouTube sermon
Turkish imam Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü in a controversial YouTube sermon posted on Saturday warned his followers the country may need a cleansing of "traitors,"...
BfV: MİT is after Turkish dissidents in Germany
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) is collecting intelligence on Turkish dissidents and the outlawed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Germany, according to the...
Abusive pushbacks of migrants normalized in Greece: MSF
Greece has “normalized” abusive pushbacks of migrants under a broader EU policy that ignores violence against people in need, Turkish Minute reported on Thursday,...
US expresses concern over rights abuses committed by Turkish-backed fighters in Syria: report
The US State Department has expressed concern over reports that Turkish-backed fighters have committed human rights abuses in northeast Syria, Turkish Minute reported, citing...
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