HDP women’s committee starts campaign against sexism in parliament
The women's council of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), a left-wing party with majority Kurdish support, has initiated a signature campaign against sexist and...
Leading MEPs condemn Turkish parliament’s decision to expel pro-Kurdish deputy known for human rights...
The European Parliament Standing Rapporteur for Turkey Nacho Sánchez Amor and Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee Sergey Lagodinsky issued...
Turkey, Cambodia called on to implement UN body decision on expelled educator
The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) has called on the governments of Turkey and Cambodia to implement a decision against the Kingdom...
Top court finds no rights violation for journalist in 5-year pretrial detention
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found no rights violation in the case of Ercan Gün, a former news editor at FOX TV who was arrested...
Turkish prosecutor asks court to ban pro-Kurdish HDP
A Turkish prosecutor on Wednesday asked the Constitutional Court to shut down the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), parliament's third-largest group, AFP reported.
President Recep...
Turkish parliament expels opposition lawmaker known for human rights activism
Turkey's parliament on Wednesday expelled opposition MP and prominent human rights defender Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu after a controversial conviction over a social media post,...
Human Rights Watch calls on Turkish Parliament not to expel opposition deputy Gergerlioğlu
Any move by Turkey’s parliament to use opposition lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu’s wrongful conviction for a social media post as a pretext to strip...
Police prevent HDP deputy, others from examining destroyed Armenian cemetery in Ankara
Turkish police have prevented opposition lawmaker Garo Paylan along with representatives from the Ankara branch of the Turkish Chamber of Architects from examining the...
EU should renew migration deal with Turkey: Borrell
Speaking at a press conference following the EU Foreign and Home Affairs Ministers’ meeting, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep...
Prominent lawmaker facing expulsion from Turkish Parliament vows not to leave
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a lawmaker in the Turkish Parliament and a prominent human rights activist, has vowed not to leave after a court decision...
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