Kurdish inmate with ALS allegedly mistreated in hospital
The staff of an İstanbul hospital has allegedly mistreated Abdulkadir Kuday, a Kurdish inmate suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), denying him water and...
Prison board deems letter from former judge to opposition lawmaker ‘inappropriate’ and punishes him...
A letter written by imprisoned former judge Hüsamettin Uğur to an opposition lawmaker about poor prison conditions and ill-treatment was confiscated by an administrative...
ECtHR judge: Flood of applications from Turkey could block the court
Işıl Karakaş, a Turkish judge serving at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said on Thursday that an increased number of applications from...
Amnesty launches ‘urgent action’ campaign to release jailed Turkish rapper Ezhel
Amnesty International (AI) launched an online campaign on June 1, calling for the release of Turkish rapper Ezhel, who was put in pretrial detention...
Teacher fired in post-coup purge, not reinstated despite acquittal, dies in traffic accident
Özden Kıvançlı, 46, a social studies teacher dismissed by a government decree and never reinstated despite being acquitted in court, died in a traffic...
Turkish citizens who fled to Sweden will feel unsafe if Stockholm fails to abide...
Middle East/North Africa (MENA) and Turkey analyst from Sweden Bitte Hammergren said in a series of tweets on Monday that it is very important...
Turkey seeks detention of journalist over tweet mourning woman killed by ISIL: report
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s office issued a detention warrant for veteran journalist Cengiz Çandar on the charge of praising crime and criminals over...
37 women reported as victims of fatal domestic violence in Turkey in May
A report released by the Stop the Murder of Women Platform shows that 37 women in Turkey were victims of fatal domestic violence in...
Critically ill inmate released 2 months after recommendation for immediate suspension of sentence
An inmate suffering from cancer was belatedly released from prison despite a recommendation from Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) to immediately suspend his...
UN committee finds rights violations in case of teacher arrested over Gülen links, calls...
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has called on Turkey to release a teacher who was arrested in 2018 over alleged links to a...
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