Turkish prosecutors label Guardian, Foreign Policy articles as ‘terrorist propaganda’
Turkish prosecutors listed articles published on the websites of The Guardian newspaper and Foreign Policy magazine as evidence of "terrorist propaganda" in an indictment against...
Syrian refugees in Turkey beaten, deprived of basic needs, coerced to sign ‘voluntary’ return...
Syrian refugees detained in Turkey have been beaten, denied food and medical care and coerced into signing “voluntary” return documents, according to a new...
Known number of people affected by disasters has jumped 80-fold since 2015: UN official
The known number of people affected by disasters has jumped 80-fold since 2015, UN General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi said during a UN meeting in New...
Inmates in Turkish prisons strip-searched and denied basic necessities: report
Human rights violations are continuing in Turkish prisons as inmates are denied basic necessities and are subjected to strip-searches, according to local media, citing...
Turkey’s Court of Cassation rejects CHP deputy Berberoğlu’s appeal for release
The 17th Chamber of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals on Monday rejected a petition from jailed Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu, who...
LGBTQ detainees held in one-person cells in Turkish prison, denied medical care
Six LGBTQ inmates in pretrial detention at Turkey’s Aksaray Prison are being held in single-person cells and denied access to medical care, under conditions...
Turkey’s LGBTQ community dread its future under Erdoğan rule
Turkey’s LGBTQ community fear being exposed to more homophobic hate after conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made them into his favorite target for his...
İnandı kidnapped by 3 Kyrgyz men, put on plane after several hours in a...
Orhan İnandı, Turkish-Kyrgyz educator rendered from Kyrgyzstan by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), was kidnapped by three Kyrgyz men, blindfolded and driven for several...
Turkish court rules to keep woman who insulted Atatürk in prison
A Turkish court on Thursday ruled for a continuation of the imprisonment of a woman who was arrested for allegedly insulting Atatürk, the founder...
Recent study reveals many children in Turkey suffer from malnutrition
A recent study presented at the Turkish Pediatrics Congress last week revealed that one in every five children under the age of five in Turkey suffers from malnutrition, the Diken news website reported.
According...
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