13 participants in Women’s Day’s march in İstanbul detained on Erdoğan insult charges
Turkish police have detained 13 women including a minor who took part in a march to mark International Women’s Day on March 8 in...
Amnesty urges Council of Europe to launch infringement proceedings against Turkey
Amnesty International on Wednesday called on member states of the Council of Europe (CoE) to institute infringement proceedings against Turkey for failing to implement the...
Kurdish not among 6 languages supported by app to be used against domestic violence
Kurdish will not be among the six languages and that will be supported by KADES, a smartphone app designed by the Turkish National Police...
German minister urges Turkey to uphold freedom of speech after talk with Kurdish leaders
Michael Roth, the minister of state for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office, has called on Turkey to uphold human rights, freedom of...
11-month-old baby forced to accompany mother sentenced to 9 years in prison
Yasemin Melizci, 29, who was arrested on terrorism charges for alleged links to the Gülen movement and was accompanied by her 9-month-old daughter in...
CPJ calls on Turkish gov’t to investigate mob assault on journalist Gültekin
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Turkish government to investigate a mob assault on Turkish journalist Levent Gültekin, a columnist for...
CoE human rights commissioner calls on Turkey to refrain from further implementing new terrorism...
In a letter addressed to Turkey’s interior and justice ministers made public today, Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović called...
Report shows gun ownership on the rise in Turkey
A report drafted by Turkey’s Gendarmerie General Command has revealed an increasing demand for gun ownership in the country, with a 34 percent increase...
Kurdish-German politician receives death threats from Turkish far-right groups
Sevim Dağdelen, a Kurdish-German politician from the German Left Party, said she has been receiving death threats from Turkish ultranationalist groups, Deutsche Welle (DW)...
Turkey’s under fire pro-Kurdish party risks ban
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party is facing a political and legal onslaught that could see it banned and its MPs jailed as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
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