Opposition MP on EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee prevented from leaving Turkey due to travel...
Zeynel Özen, a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and a member of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) who holds both...
Journalist Hidayet Karaca has been held alone in a prison cell for more than...
Hidayet Karaca, a prominent journalist and former chief executive of the Samanyolu Media Group who was arrested in 2014 and sentenced to aggravated life,...
Turkey’s top bar association holds ‘Justice Vigil’ for slain pro-Kurdish party staffer
Erinç Sağkan, head of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB), and other bar association presidents held a “Justice Vigil” in front of a...
Ankara court blocks access to news and tweets about torture allegations against police officer
The Ankara 6th Criminal Court of Peace has ordered the removal of news and tweets regarding torture allegations against police officer Abdulkadir Türkyılmaz, who...
Number of Turkish asylum seekers in Germany increased by 216 percent in 2022: report
The number of Turkish nationals seeking asylum in Germany increased by 216 percent in 2022, putting Turkey third among countries with the most asylum...
Turkish parliament strips Kurdish MP of parliamentary status
The Turkish parliament on Thursday stripped lawmaker Semra Güzel from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), who is currently in jail, of her parliamentary...
Turkish police detain co-chair of pro-Kurdish party and 13 other members in simultaneous raids
Turkish police on Friday detained 14 members of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), including its co-chair, in simultaneous raids across the country, Voice...
Number of people on Turkey’s extradition list from Sweden has risen to 42: Swedish...
Turkish authorities have expanded the list of people, the majority of them political dissidents, whose extradition is demanded from Sweden, increasing the number from...
Jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş calls for release of sick inmates in Turkish prisons
Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has called for the immediate release of ailing prisoners, citing the cases of Halil Güneş, Nusret Muğla and Vural...
‘My medical opinion has been criminalized,’ says prominent doctor and human rights activist at...
Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, head of the Turkish Medical Association as well as an expert in forensic medicine and a prominent human rights defender,...
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