At least 170 detained as police intervene in events marking 9th anniversary of Gezi
Police intervention in a demonstration held in central İstanbul by a group wanting to mark the ninth anniversary of the anti-government Gezi Park protests...
Erdoğan sparks outrage for attacking Gezi protestors with profanities on anniversary
On the 9th anniversary of the Gezi Park protests, the biggest challenge to the rule of then-Turkish prime minister and current president Recep Tayyip...
CISST received 1,572 complaints of mistreatment and neglect in Turkish prisons over the past...
A total of 1,572 appeals were submitted to the Civil Society in the Penal System (CISST) complaining of mistreatment, torture and neglect in Turkish...
Pregnant woman jailed on Gülen links taken to hospital due to health problems
A five-months-pregnant woman who was arrested and jailed on May 16 for alleged links to the Gülen movement despite regulations was taken for a...
Enes Kanter Freedom faces new investigation on Erdoğan insult allegations
Turkish prosecutors launched a new investigation into Enes Kanter Freedom, an activist and a former NBA player, on accusations of insulting Turkish President Recep...
ECtHR condemns Turkey over Amnesty activist’s ‘unlawful’ detention
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned Turkey over the arrest in 2017 of the head of the Turkish branch of rights...
Court defers announcement of verdict for man who punched Kılıçdaroğlu in 2019
An Ankara court has sentenced Osman Sarıgün, who punched Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu at a funeral in 2019,...
Turkish man sparks outrage for kicking 70-year-old Syrian refugee woman in the head
A Turkish man has sparked outrage on social media for kicking a 70-year-old, mentally disabled Syrian woman on the side of her head as...
Opposition politician sent to Silivri Prison to serve sentence
Canan Kaftancıoğlu, head of the İstanbul branch of Turkey’s main opposition party, has been sent to the notorious Silivri Prison in İstanbul to serve...
Turkish Human Rights Foundation saw record number of police mistreatment complaints in 2021
A record number of people complained to the Turkish Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) in 2021, saying they were subjected to mistreatment in police custody...
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