PACE report: Situation of lawyers in Turkey causes grave concerns
"The situation of lawyers in Turkey following the failed coup d’état of July 2016 and that of lawyers representing Kurdish clients, or otherwise associated...
Activists demonstrate against high number of female inmates in Turkish prisons
Human rights activists on Tuesday staged demonstrations in several European cities protesting the high number of female prisoners in Turkish prisons, the TR724 news...
Pro-Erdoğan propagandist threatens Turkish president’s critics with bloodshed
Journalist Fatih Tezcan, a pro-Erdoğan propagandist and preacher of hatred, earlier this week threatened opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with murder.
“Are you...
Nearly 9 in 10 retirees in Turkey remain below hunger threshold despite pension hike
Nearly nine in 10 retirees in Turkey earn less than the country’s official hunger threshold despite a recent increase in the minimum pension, the...
Lawyer of abducted teacher detained for rejecting to sign false testimony in Turkey
A lawyer representing Önder Asan, a private school teacher who was abducted by unidentified individuals in Ankara on April 1, has been detained for...
Women’s rights activists slam government proposal to combat gender-based violence as ‘inadequate’
Women's rights activists have criticized a government proposal to combat gender-based violence, saying it was inadequate to protect women and lenient on perpetrators of...
Turkey’s enforced disappearances charted in a new report
The Brussels-based NGO Solidarity with OTHERS has published a new report titled “Enforced Disappearances: Turkey’s Open Secret” that maps out enforced disappearances connected to...
Turkish court puts 3 Sol Party members under house arrest over secularism banner
A Turkish court on Friday put three members of the Sol (Left) Party under house arrest over a banner they hung in İstanbul, the...
Four young people subjected to Turkish police violence due to hair style
Turkish police took four young people into custody by the reason of allegedly insulting Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey’s Çankırı province...
ECtHR finds Wikimedia’s application against Turkey inadmissible
The foundation running Wikipedia on Thursday lost its bid to sue Turkey over it blocking access to the online encyclopedia in the country, as...
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