Health of severely disabled inmate is visibly deteriorating, says his lawyer
Ergin Aktaş, a severely disabled political prisoner, has contracted tuberculosis and COPD due to poor prison conditions, and his health is visibly deteriorating, according...
Detention warrants issued for purged 52 members of Supreme Court of Appeals
As part of an ongoing purge in Turkey, detention warrants were issued on Wednesday for 52 dismissed members of the country’s Supreme Court of...
Turkey blocks access to X account of Stockholm Center for Freedom, critical journalists
Turkish authorities have blocked access in Turkey to the Stockholm Center for Freedom’s (SCF) X account as part of a sweeping order targeting 146...
Turkish gov’t slams US over its annual report on religious freedom
The Turkish government slammed a US report on international religious freedom on Wednesday, describing its section on Turkey as "baseless claims."
The US State Department...
Elderly in Turkey suffer most rights violations: report
Elderly Turks aged 75 and above were the most frequent victims of rights violations in the first quarter of 2024, according to a report...
Top court finds no rights violations of victims of 2015 curfew in Kurdish-majority city
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has unanimously ruled that the government did not violate the rights of people affected by a curfew in a Kurdish-majority southeastern...
Ankara Bar under investigation for alleging homophobic remarks by Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate president
The Turkish Ministry of Justice has ordered an investigation into the president and board members of the Ankara Bar Association for "offending the values...
Greece frees all Turkish soldiers seeking asylum after coup attempt, lawyer says
Omiros Zelios, a lawyer representing eight former Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece seeking asylum on the night of a 2016 coup attempt in...
Cocaine worth billions flows through Turkey due to weakened rule of law: report
Turkey has become a significant hub for the global cocaine trade, with an estimated $2.9 to $5.8 billion worth of the drug passing through...
Far-right party member targets rights lawyer, claiming she carried out İstanbul attack
Kurdish lawyer and member of the Human Rights Association (İHD) Jiyan Tosun was targeted by Adem Taşkaya, a member of the far-right Zafer (Victory)...
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