At least 25 inmates died in 3 months in Turkish prisons, rights association reports
According to two separate reports released by the Human Rights Association’s (İHD) Ankara and İstanbul branches focusing on prisons in various cities in Turkey,...
Femicide in Turkey: At least 275 women killed in first 10 months of 2022
At least 275 women in Turkey were killed by men between January and October despite the government’s claim that the number of femicides in...
Former Turkish police chief’s car vandalized in Sweden after pro-Erdoğan daily targets him
Unidentified assailants damaged a car belonging to an ex-police chief from Turkey living in exile in Sweden after he was recently targeted by a...
Turkey can’t be allowed to hold NATO membership hostage any longer, says Swedish journalists...
The president of the Swedish Journalists' Association (Journalistförbundet) has called on the authorities in Sweden to take measures to protect Turkish journalists in exile...
Former imam who was a victim of post-coup purge succumbs to cancer
Hasan Akdemir, a former imam who in 2017 was fired from Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) in a government purge of supposed “terrorists”...
Top court upholds jail sentence for Gülen’s nephew abducted from Kenya
Turkey’s top appeals court has upheld a reduced sentence of three years, four months for a teacher who was abducted from Kenya last year...
Opposition leader becomes first politician facing charges under Turkey’s controversial media law
A criminal complaint filed by the Security General Directorate (EGM) against Turkey’s main opposition leader after he blamed the government for widespread drug use...
Turkey detains 22 more people in operation targeting Gülen followers
Turkish police on Wednesday detained 22 more people out of 23 named in detention warrants as part an ongoing operation into the financial activities...
Pro-Erdoğan daily targets yet another Turkish journalist living in exile
A Turkish journalist living in exile in Sweden who’s on a list of political dissidents whose extradition is demanded by Turkey has been targeted...
Former minister warns ECtHR could cancel top Turkish court’s standing as domestic remedy
A former Turkish justice minister has warned that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) might cancel the standing as a domestic remedy of...
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