Top court finds civil servant dismissals by decree after coup attempt unconstitutional
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled to cancel an article included in a government decree issued in the aftermath of a failed coup in 2016...
Rights groups call for immediate release of Kavala following CoE Committee of Ministers decision
Human rights organizations have called for the immediate release of prominent businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars on a series...
Appeals court upholds sentences handed down to 5 journalists for reporting on intel officer’s...
A regional appeals court in İstanbul has upheld prison sentences handed down to five journalists over their reports on a Turkish intelligence officer killed...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2021 in Review
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm has reached tens of thousands of Turkish citizens abroad, from spying through diplomatic missions and pro-government diaspora organizations...
Delivery workers at Turkey’s popular e-commerce platforms stage protests for higher wages
Delivery workers from Turkey’s popular e-commerce platforms, including the country’s first and biggest online food delivery website Yemeksepeti, have begun to hold protests over...
CoE submits Kavala case to ECtHR for review, launching infringement procedure against Turkey
The Committee of Ministers, the executive organ of the Council of Europe (CoE), on Thursday decided to take action against Turkey for failing to...
Boğaziçi University rector appoints himself as faculty dean in controversial move
Naci İnci, who was appointed rector of Boğaziçi University by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in August 2021 despite his high disapproval rating, on...
Increasing number of doctors emigrating from Turkey, says Turkish Medical Association chair
A total of 197 Turkish doctors in January requested official certificates of their criminal records to facilitate immigration procedures in other countries, said Turkish...
Turkish interior minister: 12 migrants freeze to death after ‘Greece pushback’
Twelve migrants froze to death after being stripped of their clothes and pushed back by Greek border guards, Agence France-Presse reported on Wednesday, citing...
Mother and daughter allegedly subjected to strip-search in Amasya prison while visiting family member
The mother of an underage girl said she and her daughter were subjected to a strip-search on Friday while visiting her husband in Amasya...
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