Far-right party leader renews call for closure of Turkey’s top court
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s far-right ally, renewed his call for the closure of Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM)...
Turkish gov’t should not deport 2 detained Turkmen activists at risk of torture: Human...
The Turkish government should halt any plans to deport two detained Turkmen activists to Turkmenistan, where they will be at grave risk of arbitrary...
Human rights violations cannot be considered the internal affairs of a country, says former...
Former European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judge Rıza Türmen said human rights violations are not the internal affairs of a country and that...
Turkey sentenced 450 lawyers to 2,786 years in prison after 2016 coup: report
Four-hundred-fifty lawyers in Turkey have been sentenced to 2,786 years in total on trumped-up charges of terrorism since a coup attempt in July 2016,...
Court decides to remove judicial supervision measures on 7 journalists
A high criminal court in İstanbul on Tuesday decided to remove judicial supervision measures imposed on seven journalists who are being retried due to...
Greece blames Turkey after migrant children drown in Aegean
Greece blamed Turkey for a migrant boat sinking in the Aegean that claimed the lives of four people, including two children, noting that Ankara...
Altan wins France’s Femina literary prize for novel written behind bars
Turkish author and journalist Ahmet Altan, who was released in April after more than four years in prison, has been named as the recipient...
Rights advocates slam journalists for claiming ‘systematic torture no longer exists in Turkey’
Two Turkish journalists who are critical of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have come under fire for arguing that “systematic torture no...
Erdoğan steps back from threat to expel Western envoys
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday stepped back from his threat to expel 10 Western envoys over their joint statement of support for...
FATF punishing Turkey for taking action against LGBT people, Interior Minister Soylu says
Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has slammed the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) decision to place Turkey under increased monitoring, saying the move aimed to...
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