Turkish authorities must end vindictive prosecutions of former staffers of Özgür Gündem: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) asked Turkish authorities to drop all charges against former staffers of Özgür Gündem, a now-defunct newspaper that had...
Victims’ families outraged by Turkish gov’t failure to prevent killings in northern Iraq
The families of Turks who were killed in the Gara region of Iraqi Kurdistan on Sunday as a result of an operation carried out...
IHD, Saturday Mothers call for effective investigation into disappearance of former bureaucrat
The Human Rights Association (İHD) asked Turkish authorities to urgently find Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit, a former bureaucrat who has been missing since December 29,...
Dutch security body concerned about Erdoğan’s role in rise of extremism in Netherlands
A secret report on Dutch national security that was leaked on Monday has revealed concerns among the authorities about the influence of what it...
Civil society group founded by jailed businessman Kavala faces closure
A leading Turkish civil society group founded by jailed businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala on Tuesday rejected as “unlawful” a case filed by the...
Secret letter reveals how Turkey’s Justice Ministry asked prison administration to isolate former high...
Turkey’s Ministry of Justice asked the Keskin chief public prosecutor to take a series of measures to isolate and closely monitor the communications of...
Turkey’s terrorism financing law targeting freedom of association draws concern from UN
UN special rapporteurs in a joint letter sent to the Turkish government on February 11 expressed serious concern about Turkey’s new terrorism financing legislation...
Pro-Kurdish politicians among 718 detained in Turkish counterterrorism operations
One day after Turkey announced the killing of 13 Turkish nationals held hostage in northern Iraq by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkish...
2 HDP deputies under investigation due to comments about Gara operation
Turkish prosecutors have launched investigations into two prominent lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) over their remarks critical of a Turkish military...
PACE welcomes return of Turkish opposition MP Berberoğlu to parliament
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey, Thomas Hammarberg (Sweden, SOC) and John Howell (United Kingdom,...
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