UN working group finds detention of individuals with alleged Gülen links arbitrary in 2...
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded in two separate cases that the arrest and detention of individuals with alleged...
Uyghurs in Turkey: far from China but close to fear
Uyghurs in Turkey have expressed worries over being extradited and the safety of their families in China, saying they don’t contact them, fearing their...
Photojournalist who captured murder of Kurdish student in 2017 standing trial on terror charges
The first hearing in the trial of photojournalist Abdurrahman Gök, in which he faces 20 years in prison on charges of “membership in a...
Targeted by Erdoğan, Turkey’s LGBT community face ‘tsunami of hate’
Murat has watched for years as LGBT people who face persecution in the Middle East have found refuge in his cosmopolitan neighborhood of İstanbul.
Today,...
Swedish journalists call on Erdoğan to release jailed author Ahmet Altan
Sixteen journalists in Sweden including the heads of prominent journalism organizations have called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to take action for the...
Family requests investigation into alleged suicide of 17-year-old boy in police custody
The family of Kadir Aktar, a 17-year-old boy who allegedly committed suicide in police custody last Friday, has requested an investigation into the circumstances...
Man with stage 4 cancer not released despite medical report citing imminent health risk
Bekir Aydın, 63, has not been released from prison despite a medical report saying he could not stay in prison due to stage 4...
Dismissed Kurdish mayor given lengthy jail sentence on terrorism charges
A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of seven years, six months to a former local co-mayor in southeastern Turkey who was...
PEN Turkey bestows women’s rights award on academic attacked by Erdoğan
The PEN Turkey Writers’ Association has granted its annual Duygu Asena Women’s Rights Award to Professor Ayşe Buğra, who was recently targeted by Turkish...
Turkish authorities arrest disabled bomb disposal expert on terrorism conviction
Bilal Konakçı, a bomb disposal expert with the police who lost his hand and was blinded in an explosion, was arrested yesterday after Turkey's...
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