Inmate denied release despite 2 brain tumors and additional health problems
Lütfi Koç, who was arrested for alleged membership in the Gülen movement, has been denied release from prison despite developing two brain tumors and...
Inmate in Diyarbakır Prison subjected to torture, says Independent Lawyers Association
Mehmet Sıdık Meşe, an inmate in southeastern Turkey's Diyarbakır Prison, has been subjected to beating and torture by prison guards, said the Independent Lawyer's...
3 political prisoners from same family diagnosed with COVID-19 as cases increase in Turkish...
Three men from the same family who were arrested in Turkey on trumped-up terrorism charges have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in prison, Bold Medya...
Turkish journalist gets 6 years for attending meetings of Kurdish political movement umbrella group:...
A journalist for the now-closed IMC TV has been given a prison sentence of six years, three months on terrorism charges for attending meetings...
Turkish court convicts academic on terrorism-related charges based on one-dollar bills, personal notes and...
A Turkish court convicted Vedat Demir, a professor of communications and former columnist, on terrorism-related charges based on five one-dollar bills, personal notes, tweets...
Rear handcuffing of detainees accused of supporting families of political prisoners sparks outcry
Rear handcuffing of detainees who were accused of supporting families of prisoners jailed over alleged Gülen links sparked outcry among human rights defenders, Turkish...
Turkey’s Armenian community still fears for its safety despite ceasefire in Karabakh
Turkey’s Armenian community still fears for its safety despite a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, after ultranationalist elements, with tacit approval of the Turkish government, used...
Pro-Kurdish deputy says Turkish prisons are becoming scenes of massacre as COVID-19 cases dramatically...
Züleyha Gülüm, a deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), said Turkish prisons are turning into scenes of massacre as COVID-19 cases in...
CoE Committee of Ministers urges Turkish authorities to immediately release Kavala
In a resolution adopted on Thursday, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE), the organization’s statutory decision-making body, expressed profound concern that...
Turkish Embassy in Wellington spied on Erdogan critics, profiled unsuspecting residents in New Zealand:...
Critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan profiled by Turkish diplomats in New Zealand were charged with “membership in a terrorist group” by a Turkish...
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