UN rights chief calls on parties to resolve migrant crisis on Belarus-Poland border
UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has called on Belarus and Poland to resolve the migrant crisis on their border, where large numbers...
Lawyers: Associating the assassin of Russian envoy with Fethullah Gülen a big slander
The lawyers of US-based Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen have stated on Tuesday that the claim of their client knows police officer Mevlüt Mert...
Turkish far-right leader calls for recognition of Alevi cemevis as houses of worship
The leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on Tuesday called for the removal of barriers preventing the recognition of cemevis, Alevi houses...
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog imposes millions in fines on government-critical media
According to a recent statement by Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Utku Çakırözer, Turkey’s broadcasting regulator, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed millions...
Artist walks streets of İstanbul with Kavala portrait to protest his imprisonment
An artist is walking around the streets of İstanbul carrying a portrait of jailed Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, to protest his extended imprisonment, Turkish...
Veteran journalist Ilıcak sentenced to 5 years, 10 months over ‘state security’
Veteran journalist Nazlı Ilıcak (75), who has been jailed since August 29, 2016 on trumped-up coup charges, was sentenced in another case to five...
New report details UN findings on systemic rights violations in Turkey after 2016 coup...
A new report compiled by the Netherlands-based human rights group Stichting Justice Square has detailed a pattern of human rights violations in Turkey following...
ECtHR faults Turkey for poor prison conditions in post-coup period
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey for the poor prison conditions suffered by eight people who were given less than three square...
213 face detention in separate investigations over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 213 people in separate investigations based in Ankara and İzmir on allegations of links to the Gülen...
27 people detained for visiting families whose members were released from prison
As part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish police in Antalya province on Sunday detained 27 people who...
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