Amnesty International report shows Turkish judiciary used anti-terrorism law to silence critics in 2020
An annual report by Amnesty International on the state of human rights in the world reveals how the Turkish judiciary applies country’s anti-terrorism laws...
Turkish Twitter users call on authorities to release mother of 11-year-old struggling with leukemia
Turkish Twitter users conducted a hashtag campaign yesterday calling on authorities to release Sabriye Dağdeviren, the mother of 11-year-old leukemia patient Hakan, who is...
Erdoğan ally renews call to shut down Turkey’s top court
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s far-right ally, renewed his call to shut down Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM)...
EU chiefs express deep concerns on rights in Turkey to Erdoğan
The European Union’s top two officials said Tuesday they expressed deep concerns about human rights in Turkey in their first meeting in a year...
Iranian asylum seekers detained for attending peaceful Istanbul Convention protest in Turkey
Four Iranian asylum seekers were detained yesterday for participating in a demonstration against Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe’s (CoE)...
Turkey uses terrorism law to silence journalists: RSF
Journalists are threatened with imprisonment by Turkish authorities under the country’s terrorism law, known as the TMK, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in a...
Student arrested for tweeting support for Kobane protests denied release by Turkish court
Cihan Erdal, 32, a doctoral student at Canada’s Carleton University who has been in jail in Turkey for five months on terrorism-related charges for...
Turkish activists demonstrate in solidarity with Yüksel Street protestors on social media
Turkish activists have come together on social media to show solidarity with the Yüksel Street protestors, a group of former public servants who have...
Brother of young woman found dead in AKP deputy’s home demands justice
The brother of Nadira Kadirova, a young woman from Uzbekistan who was found dead in the home of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)...
Turkish presidency refuses to renew press cards of 1,371 journalists
Turkey’s Presidential Communications Directorate, which has received 10,486 applications from journalists for the renewal of their press cards, refused to renew the press cards...
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