Victims of enforced disappearance testify before Turkey Tribunal: report
Victims of enforced disappearances perpetrated by Turkey testified on their abductions by the state agents on Tuesday before the judges of the Turkey Tribunal,...
Minister’s claim of 90 pct compliance rate with ECtHR decisions in Turkey met with...
Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç’s recent statement that Turkey has a 90 percent compliance rate with judgments from the European Court of Human Rights...
Teachers launch hunger strike in Ankara after police break up protests
Private school teachers and teacher candidates seeking public school jobs began a hunger strike in Ankara on Monday after police broke up two protests,...
HDP, CHP criticize Erdoğan’s claim that HDP co-chair Demirtaş is a terrorist
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Turkey's main oppostion Republican People’s Party (CHP) have criticized Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who said he...
Presidential decree authorizes State Audit Board to inspect NGOs in Turkey
Turkey’s State Audit Board (DDK) has been authorized by a presidential decree to inspect nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) along with their affiliates and partnerships, the...
Main opposition party politician faces investigation on Erdoğan insult allegations
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into Canan Kaftancıoğlu of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on allegations of publicly insulting President Recep...
TİM deputy head Kocasert and 5 businesman detained over alleged links to Gülen movement
Süleyman Kocasert, deputy chairman of Turkey's Exporter's Assembly (TİM) and the head of Denizli Exporters' Union (DENİB), was detained together with 5 other businessmen...
Only 95 of 4,156 judges and prosecutors fired after coup in Turkey reinstated: report
Turkey’s Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) on Thursday reinstated seven judges and prosecutors out of 4,156 who were dismissed following a coup attempt in...
Parents of police brutality victim appear in court for allegedly insulting President Erdoğan
The parents of Berkin Elvan, a teenager who was struck in the head with a gas canister fired by a police officer during the...
UN human rights specialists call on Turkey to release rights defenders
A group of United Nations experts on Friday called on the Turkish government to immediately release nine human rights defenders and two foreign trainers...
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