EU’s Juncker reiterates death penalty in Turkey would mean end to EU accession talks
Jean-Claude Juncker, European Commission President, has reiterated on Wednesday that European Union should continue accession negotiations with Turkey but a reintroduction of the death...
Rights advocate submits parliamentary bill to repeal Turkey’s post-coup decree-laws
Opposition deputy and leading human rights defender Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has brought to the parliamentary agenda a bill to repeal the executive decree-laws issued...
Turkey plunges from 66th to 75th place in TI’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2016
Global watchdog Transparency International (TI) released its Corruption Perceptions Index 2016 on Wednesday in which Turkey plunged to 75th from 66th place among 176...
Kurdish activist sentenced to death in Iran faces deportation from Turkey
A Kurdish human rights activist sentenced to death in Iran has been detained in Turkey and now faces deportation, the Mezopotamya News Agency (MA)...
New Turkish TV series sparks outrage for romanticizing femicide
A new Turkish television series developed by renowned actor Yilmaz Erdoğan has sparked public criticism for promoting gender-based violence and femicide.
Members of the public...
Erdoğan’s relative sets up group for mobilization in event of coup attempt
Orhan Uzuner, the father-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son Bilal, has established an armed group to mobilize the public in the event of...
More than 50 detained ahead of banned İstanbul pride parade
Police detained more than 50 people in İstanbul on Sunday ahead of a banned LGBTQ+ pride march, the city’s bar association said, Agence France-Presse...
Iranian asylum seeker injured in workplace accident found dead after months without adequate care
An Iranian asylum seeker who was seriously injured in a workplace accident in Eskişehir province 10 months ago has been found dead, allegedly after...
Human rights violations increased in Turkey’s earthquakes zone in 2023, says new IHD report
Human rights violations in southeastern Turkey increased last year after major earthquakes struck the region in February, according to a new report by the...
Turkish Jewish business leader faces assassination threats decades after father’s murder
Turkish Jewish business leader İzzet Garih has filed a criminal complaint after receiving death threats and facing an attempted break-in at his company’s headquarters,...
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