İHD report reveals 3,000 people tortured across Turkey in 2017
The Human Rights Association (İHD) has reported that at least 3,000 people were tortured by Turkish security officials across Turkey in 2017.
According to the İHD...
Turkey detains 108 people over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish police have detained 108 people across 29 provinces over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group targeted by the government, Turkey’s...
Turkey and Iran unlawfully push back Afghan asylum seekers, says Amnesty International report
A new report released by Amnesty International on Wednesday has revealed that Turkey and Iran pushed back large numbers of Afghan asylum seekers who...
ECtHR says Turkey violated rights of journalist Ahmet Şık
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the right to liberty and security as well as the right to...
Jailed Turkish philanthropist Kavala to receive Gilel Storch Prize
Turkish philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala, who has been jailed since 2017, will receive the 2026 Gilel Storch Prize from the Stockholm-based Judisk Kultur...
Turkish gov’t demolishes monument erected in memory of 1992 mass killing of Kurds in...
A statue commemorating 16 citizens who were killed during celebrations of the Kurdish spring festival of Nevroz in the Nusaybin district of Turkey's Mardin...
Turkish police intervene in teachers’ protest, detain 15
The police in Ankara on Tuesday night forcibly broke up a protest staged by an education workers labor union, detaining 15 teachers, the Artı...
105K Turkish high school graduates haven’t enrolled in university amid economic crisis
More than 105,000 high school graduates in Turkey have been unable to enroll in a university this year despite being eligible, mainly due to...
20 Kurdish politicians including ousted district co-mayor detained in SE Turkey: report
Turkish police on Tuesday detained 20 people including an ousted district co-mayor in the southeastern province of Şırnak as part of an expanding crackdown...
Turkish journalists’ group urges UN action over algorithmic suppression of news content
A Turkish journalists' organization has urged the United Nations to examine the impact of social media algorithms on press freedom, arguing that content moderation...
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