Female inmates in Ankara call on CPT to take action on suspicious deaths of...
Sixty-eight women who are incarcerated in Ankara’s Sincan Prison have in a letter asked the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) to...
Turkish defense minister told party supporters that ‘the time will come to kill’
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, who has been nominated by the ruling party as a candidate for a parliamentary seat from his hometown of...
Lawyer says Turkish authorities have barred access to investigation into Gabonese student’s death
The lawyer representing the family of a 17-year-old Gabonese student who was allegedly murdered in northwestern Turkey said in a statement to the Turkish...
Young children accompanying mothers in Turkish prisons grapple with viral outbreak
Young children accompanying their mothers in Turkish prisons have been badly affected by an outbreak of the Rota virus, with some cases resulting in...
Journalist says 2016 coup attempt was carried out with knowledge of AKP gov’t
Cengiz Çandar, a 75-year-old journalist who recently returned to Turkey to run for a seat in parliament after seven years of living abroad, has...
Erdoğan might end up in court if he loses election, says Swedish journalist
Swedish journalist and Turkey analyst Bitte Hammargren has said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan might end up in court on corruption charges if he fails to win...
European MPs who paid pre-electoral visit to Turkey call for free, fair, transparent elections
Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have called for free, fair and transparent elections following their visit to Ankara to assess the...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court says Sivas massacre convict eligible for parole
The Constitutional Court of Turkey has paved the way for the release of a person convicted of involvement in a deadly arson attack on...
Migrants among 6 killed in car crash near Greece-Turkey border
Five migrants and a Greek motorist were killed in a collision on a highway near the border between Greece and Turkey on Saturday, police...
Pro-Erdoğan daily targets yet another Turkish journalist living in exile
A Turkish journalist living in exile in the United States has been targeted by a pro-government newspaper that revealed his home address and published...
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