ECtHR requests Turkey’s defense in case of prosecutors jailed due to MİT trucks probe
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has requested a statement from Turkey regarding the case of four prosecutors who were given lengthy jail...
Educator Orhan İnandı feared to have been kidnapped in Kyrgyzstan
Educator Orhan İnandı, founder and director of the Sapat school network in Kyrgyzstan, went missing after leaving his house in Bishkek on Monday evening,...
2 wards under quarantine in Denizli Prison as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in...
Two women’s wards have been placed under quarantine in western Turkey’s Denizli Prison as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the country’s notoriously overcrowded...
Counterterrorism police raid home of local journalist for reporting on municipal corruption
Hasan Tolga Balcılar, a local journalist in the southern city of Osmaniye, said his house was raided three times in a week after he...
2 toddlers left to care of grandparents after both parents jailed over Gülen links
Murat, 29 months old, and Fatih Demir, 4, were left to the care of their grandparents after their parents were imprisoned in the western...
Turkey’s spy agency forcibly returns Gülen’s nephew from Kenya
Turkish spies have arrested and brought back to Turkey a nephew living in Kenya of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is accused by the...
Detainees subjected to torture in Turkish police custody
Members of the Gülen movement who were arrested for allegedly “spreading COVID-19 across Turkey” were subjected to torture and ill treatment in police detention...
50 have died of COVID-19 in Turkey’s jails since start of pandemic: prison authority
A top Turkish prison authority has said 50 inmates have died of COVID-19 in Turkey’s jails since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in...
New indictment seeks up to 4 years in prison for İstanbul mayor
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to four years, one month for İstanbul’s opposition mayor on charges of insulting election officials...
150 died by suicide due to financial problems in first 5 months of 2021:...
A report drafted by an opposition lawmaker has revealed that 150 people have died by suicide in Turkey due to financial problems in the...
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Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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