Turkey re-arrests journalist Altan one week after release from jail
Renowned Turkish journalist and writer Ahmet Altan was sent to jail on Tuesday evening one week after he was released from prison where he...
Rights violations in Turkish prisons increased in 2021, says Diyarbakır Bar’s annual report
The annual report on the violation of human rights in Turkish prisons published on Thursday by the Diyarbakır Bar Association has revealed that rights...
İHD report: 68 children killed during clashes in eastern, southeastern Turkey in 2016
Sixty-eight children were killed, 150 detained, 40 arrested and six were tortured during clashesbetween Turkish security forces and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in...
Jailed Turkish academic Laçiner: I got used to lynching, at least accusations should make...
Renowned Turkish academic and political scientist Prof. Dr. Sedat Laçiner, who was arrested in the wake of a controversial military coup on July 15,...
US commission discusses Turkish gov’t crackdown on dissent, US citizens
The US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), aka the Helsinki Commission, held a hearing on Wednesday on the victims, including US...
Prominent Turkish academic Fikret Başkaya briefly detained in Ankara
Fikret Başkaya, a prominent critic of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's regime and founder of Özgür Üniversite (Free University) where he gives lectures...
Turkish court to give final verdict in coup trial of renowned journalists
An İstanbul high criminal court on Monday began the final hearings in the trial of seven journalists including Nazlı Ilıcak and the Altan brothers...
Der Spiegel: Turkish embassies pursuing Erdoğan critics in 35 countries
Turkish government has been spying on its own citizens in 35 countries with the help of its diplomatic outpost, according to German weekly Der...
22 women killed by men, 33 died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in August
Twenty-two women were killed by men in Turkey in August and 33 others died under suspicious circumstances, according to a monthly report by the...
Turkey’s media watchdog investigates 7 opposition TV stations for election coverage
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has launched an investigation into seven opposition TV stations for violating broadcasting guidelines during their...
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