Juvenile offenders and children accompanying mothers in southern Turkish prisons among the most vulnerable...
Incarcerated juveniles and young children accompanying their mothers in prison in southern Turkey are among the groups most affected by devastating earthquakes on February...
Suspected ISIL courier detained in Şanlıurfa
A man suspected of working as a courier for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for its suicide attacks has been...
İstanbul Municipality shuts down magazine for publishing graffiti reading ‘Erdo-gone’
İstanbul Municipality has shut down its '1453 Culture and Art Magazine' for featuring a graffiti that reads: “Erdo-gone! Inshallah Mashallah” in its latest issue. According...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 39, including active-duty soldiers, over alleged Gülen links
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 39 people including active duty and former military officers as well as former...
Inmates subjected to mistreatment in Diyarbakır prisons: report
A recent report jointly prepared by two Turkish human rights organizations has revealed that inmates were subjected to strip-searches, insults and battery in prisons...
Court denies judge recusal request from journalists standing trial for alleged Gülen links
An İstanbul court on Monday rejected a request for the recusal of a judge made by journalists who are standing trial over alleged links...
Chinese pressure upends Uyghur refuge in Turkey
After 20 years in a Chinese prison, Abdullah Abdulrahman joined 50,000 other Uyghurs and fled to Turkey, where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had once...
3 TV stations fined $423K in total for earthquake coverage critical of government
A total of TL 7,990,000 ($423,000) in fines has been imposed by broadcasting watchdog the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) on three TV...
Opposition leader holds Erdoğan responsible for devastating effects of massive quake
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has blamed President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Development Party...
Turkey’s top court finds human rights violations in over 79,500 cases since 2012
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that at least one fundamental right was violated in more than 79,500 cases over the past 13 years, raising...
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