School shooting in Turkey kills 9, including son of purged former police officer
A school shooting in southern Turkey on Wednesday left nine people dead, including an 11-year-old boy whose father was dismissed from the Turkish National...
Mothers of enforced disappearance victims hold 1,000th Saturday vigil in İstanbul
The Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and relatives seeking the fate of loved ones who disappeared in police custody in Turkey, held their...
Jailed human rights defender Erkem’s gastric bleeding ignored by Turkish prison doctors
Nalan Erkem, who was among the rights defenders who were jailed after being detained in Büyükada, reportedly exprerienced a gastric bleeding in prison and...
HRW on Kurdish villagers thrown from helicopter: Authorities may already be engaged in a...
In a statement on the case of two Kurdish villagers allegedly thrown from a military helicopter in Turkey’s eastern province of Van, Human Rights...
Turkish court arrests student for receiving money from relatives abroad
Esengül Arslan, a 23-year-old nursing student in Istanbul, was arrested on Friday for receiving funds sent by her relatives abroad, which Turkish authorities have...
European rights court says Turkey failed to comply with its Kavala judgement
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) said Turkey failed to comply with a binding judgment of the court in December 2019 which found...
Turkey’s OHAL commission makes first decisions on dismissed public sector staff
Turkey’s State of Emergency (OHAL) Procedures Investigation Commission made its first decisions on Friday on public sector staff who were dismissed by the government...
UN special reporter says Turkey in worst shape on freedom of expression in recent...
David Kaye, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, said in a recent...
AKP deputy chairman sues opposition leader for $42K over claims of corruption
Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman Nurettin Canikli, a former minister, has filed a lawsuit against main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)...
Turkey’s press freedom crisis is worsening amid growing state capture of media: Human Rights...
Turkey's press freedom crisis is worsening amid growing state capture of media, said a statement issued by 11 international rights group including Human Rights...
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