Journalist, human rights activist Cengiz faces life sentence despite the lack of any evidence
Turkish lawyer, journalist and human rights activist Orhan Kemal Cengiz is facing consecutive life sentence on coup charges along with 29 other Zaman daily...
Wife of one of 2 men abducted in Ankara issues a call for help
The wife of one of two men reportedly abducted in Ankara on Feb. 13 made a call for help from authorities in a video...
OSCE’s Désir calls on Turkey to release Zaman journalists
Harlem Désir, representative on freedom of the media for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has called on Turkey to release...
Rights organizations condemn racist attack against Kurdish family in Konya
The Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Turkey Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) on Saturday condemned what they described as a horrifying racist attack against...
Authorities’ negligence kills a pregnant woman and her baby in Turkish prison
A jailed Turkish pregnant woman, who was imprisoned in T-Type Prison in Ereğli district of Konya provision and her baby have lost their lives...
CHP’s İnce asks if Turkish intelligence agency is tasked with following the opposition
Muharrem İnce, the presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), asked on Tuesday if it is the task of the intelligence agency...
İHD Co-Chair Keskin: UN’s WHO should investigate Turkish prisons
The Human Rights Association (IHD) Co-chair Eren Keskin has called the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate Turkish prisons to assess the situation...
Turkish court gives 10-month jail sentence to pro-Kurdish HDP’s former deputy Encü
Former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şırnak deputy Ferhat Encü has been handed down a 10-month jail sentence that was ultimately commuted to a...
319,587 people detained, 99,962 arrested in terrorism operations against the Gülen movement
A total of 319,587 people were detained and 99,962 arrested in operations against supporters of the Gülen movement since a coup attempt on July...
Turkish police detain 97 people in university protest over preacher’s views on child marriage
Turkish police detained 97 people on Tuesday during student-led demonstrations at İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University protesting a campus event featuring a controversial Islamic preacher known...
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