Social media giants fined by Turkish government under controversial social media law
Turkish authorities have fined several social media companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok and YouTube, 10 million Turkish lira (1.3 million euros) each under...
Turkish penal system fails to provide basic healthcare for the sick
The Turkish penal system fails to provide basic healthcare for inmates with chronic diseases and disabilities and prisoners who have tested positive for COVID-19,...
PACE general rapporteur appeals to Turkish authorities to immediately release Osman Kavala
Alexandra Louis, general rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the situation of human rights defenders, in a statement...
Turkey’s prison population increased by 10 percent to 291,546 in 2019: TurkStat
The number of inmates in Turkey's prisons who were either in pre-trial detention or convicted of a crime was 291,546 in 2019, a 10.1...
Woman says her grandchildren have suffered psychologically since their parents were imprisoned for Gülen...
A woman taking care of her imprisoned daughter's children said she was arbitrarily imprisoned for affiliation with the Gülen movement and that the children...
Kurdish villagers allegedly thrown from helicopter were assaulted by a mob of soldiers, opposition...
Servet Turgut and Osman Şiban, two Kurdish villagers allegedly thrown from a military helicopter in the southeastern province of Van, were in fact assaulted...
Inmate letter reveals abysmal conditions in Turkey’s Silivri Prison including overcrowding and mistreatment
An inmate from Turkey’s Silivri Prison in a letter to various institutions talked about how 35 to 45 people were made to stay in...
20,571 military personnel summarily dismissed from Turkish Armed Forces over alleged Gülen links
A total of 20,571 military personnel have been summarily dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) since a coup attempt on July 15, 2016...
Diyarbakır provincial co-chairs of pro-Kurdish HDP arrested
Zeyyat Ceylan and Hülya Alökmen Uyanık, the Diyarbakır provincial co-chairs of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), were arrested today on the charge of...
Turkey expands crackdown on folk music band famous for protest songs: report
Ankara’s crackdown on Grup Yorum, a folk collective with rotating band members, is continuing to expand even after two of its members died as...
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