Amnesty International Director Dalhuisen denies Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu’s remarks
Amnesty International’s Europe Director John Dalhuisen has reacted to the statements made by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and said that “Çavuşoğlu’s assertion that...
Turkey’s social security body refuses to process retirement requests of Gülen-linked people
Turkey’s Social Security Institution (SGK) is turning down requests for retirement from individuals who have been removed from public jobs or have stood trial...
Unlawful strip-searches becoming common practice in Batman prison: report
Human rights abuses, in particular the use of unlawful strip-searches, are becoming a common practice in the Batman M Type Prison, the Yeni Yaşam...
Jailed Kurdish leader: Erdoğan did not let PKK lay down arms
Jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş has claimed that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did not allow the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down...
Turkey’s hunger threshold keeps extending lead over minimum wage
Turkey’s hunger threshold for the month of September increased to TL 20,431 ($595), extending its lead over the minimum wage of TL 17,002 ($4,957),...
Turkish rapper briefly detained for ‘insulting’ President Erdoğan
Turkish rapper Şehinşah, whose real name is Ufuk Yıkılmaz, announced on Twitter on Saturday that he had been detained at the airport in the...
EU enlargement chief Hahn says time to reassess relationship with Turkey
Johannes Hahn, the European Union‘s (EU) commissioner for enlargement, said that he is seeking to reassess the EU‘s relationship with Turkey and hopes the...
Turkish court blocks access to Kurdish news agency for security reasons
A local court in eastern Turkey has blocked access to the Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency on the grounds that it poses a threat to...
Turkish gov’t sells properties of 11 businessmen seized over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has put the assets of 11 businessmen who were shareholders in Kaynak Holding. which was...
Turkish court sentences HDP deputy Toğrul to two-and-a-half years for alleged terrorist propaganda
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Mahmut Toğrul to two years, six months’ imprisonment for disseminating terrorist propaganda,...
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