Deputy PM: Turkish gov’t to adopt chemical castration for child abusers
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Sunday that Turkey would adopt chemical castration for child abusers after the brutal abuse and murder...
Turkish teacher arrested over alleged Gülen links denied conditional release despite eligibility
A Turkish court has denied conditional release to a former teacher imprisoned for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, citing a lack of...
Turkey’s interior minister runs an 8,000-member troll army: opposition politician
A senior member of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has claimed that Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has an 8,000-strong army of...
Mother says justice still elusive on 7th anniversary of Berkin Elvan’s death
The mother of Berkin Elvan, a teen who was struck in the head with a gas canister fired by a police officer during the...
Turkey jails 32 more in anti-LGBTQ raids, total reaches at least 53
Courts in Ankara and Mersin jailed 32 more people pending trial on Tuesday in cases conducted under Turkey’s “My Family Is Safe” operation, raising...
Trial of Zaman journalists resumes at Turkish court in İstanbul
The trial of journalists from the now-closed Zaman daily resumed at the İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court on Thursday where the defendants are making...
Erdoğan accused of stifling dissent with arrests of 9 who protested trade with Israel
The arrests of nine protesters for criticizing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ongoing trade with Israel on Monday sparked condemnation from opposition politicians, activists and...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violation in man’s dismissal due to spouse’s alleged ties...
Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled that the firing of a man due to his wife’s alleged links to the Gülen movement violated his right...
Turkish parliament’s decision to expel Gergerlioğlu is another blow to democracy, say PACE monitors
The stripping of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu’s mandate is “another and repeated blow” that undermines parliamentary rights and immunity in...
İstanbul Bar Association reports beatings, rights violations in anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown
Detainees were beaten, kept handcuffed for hours and denied access to lawyers and medical care during a recent crackdown on LGBTQ+ people and organizations...
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