HRW calls on Turkey to release Boğaziçi protestors and respect freedom of assembly
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Turkish government to release people who were detained in protests against the appointment of a pro-government...
Jailed Kurdish leader denounces killing of PKK hostages, blames gov’t for botched rescue attempt
Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has denounced the killing of 13 Turkish nationals held hostage by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), blaming the...
UN official condemns killing of aid worker in Turkish-controlled city of Al-Bab
UN deputy regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis Mark Cutts on Wednesday condemned the killing of a humanitarian aid worker in an explosion...
Inmates suffer from overcrowding and gross rights violations, says parliamentary committee
Inmates are experiencing gross rights violations and the negative effects of overcrowding in Turkish prisons, according to a report drafted by the Turkish Parliament's...
71-year-old jailed author Altan fails to get access to COVID-19 vaccine
Prominent Turkish writer and journalist Ahmet Altan, 71, who has been behind bars for some five years, has failed to get a response to...
One in every four journalists in Turkey suffered physical violence in 2020: report
One out of every four journalists was subjected to physical violence and half of them received threats in 2020, a report recently released by...
Turkish police detain 30 in İstanbul due to alleged Gülen links
Turkish police teams on Wednesday detained 30 people in simultaneous raids in İstanbul in an operation targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement, Turkish...
Women’s group protesting Erdogan’s all-female university detained in Ankara
A group of women was detained yesterday in Ankara after they attempted to stage a demonstration against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's initiative for an...
Renowned human rights activist gets fine on Erdoğan insult charges
Şebnem Korur Fincancı, a prominent human rights activist and head of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), has been ordered by a Turkish court to...
Pro-gov’t discourse dominates Turkish media landscape: report
An overwhelming majority of Turkish media outlets give little to no screen time to opposition pundits while allocating the lion’s share to a handful...
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