Turkish prosecutor charges 120 people in Gezi Park investigation: report
Turkish prosecutors filed criminal charges for at least 120 people and have launched investigations into more than 600 suspects for their participation in the...
Report: Turkish people prefer closed messaging services for sharing news
Mainstream media in Turkey are losing their monopoly in agenda setting with the emergence of digital news sites, while fear of state surveillance has...
92 migrants found on Greek-Turkish border
Ninety-two migrants were found almost naked and bruised after allegedly being forced across the Evros river from Turkey into Greece, Athens said Sunday, a...
Intruders break into house of Turkey’s Human Rights Association co-chair
Turkey’s Human Rights Association (IHD) announced in a press statement that unknown intruders broke into the house of Eren Keskin, a human rights activist...
CoE Secretary General Jagland warns Turkey on rights violations
In a stern warning to mass rights violations that takes place in a member country, Turkey, the Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General Thorbjørn...
Kurdish singer says concert cancelled by municipality for including Kurdish songs
Kurdish singer Mem Ararat said in a statement on Twitter that a concert of his which was scheduled to take place on December 4...
Turkish court accepts ‘you are not guilty’ note as crime evidence
High Criminal Court in Turkey's Bolu province has assessed a note found at the house of an alleged member of the Gülen movement saying "They...
Ski resort fire trial begins as families demand investigations into gov’t officials
During the opening hearing of the trial over a deadly hotel fire that killed 78 people in January, victims' families called for public officials...
EU Parliament investigation condemns Frontex’s failure to act on pushbacks
The European Union’s border and coast guard agency Frontex has failed to protect the rights of people at EU borders, a fact-finding investigation by...
Turkey escalates mass detentions in new wave of crackdowns on Gülen movement
Turkey has escalated the mass detention of people over alleged links to the Gülen movement, ordering the detention of 69 individuals in new wave...
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