Minister armed civilians with unregistered guns during coup attempt: mob boss
Turkish mob boss Sedat Peker has revealed that a large number of civilians were armed with unregistered guns during a 2016 coup attempt and...
Journalist convicted for reporting on cartoons critical of Erdoğan
Cem Şimşek, the news editor for the Evrensel daily, was on Thursday convicted on charges of insulting Turkish President for reporting on cartoons published...
Turkish journalist living in exile attacked outside home in Germany
Erk Acarer, a Turkish journalist who is critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government and has been living in exile in Germany, said he...
Turkey a leading country in violating women journalists’ rights: CFWIJ report
Turkey was a leading country in the violation of women journalists’ rights in June, according to a monthly reportreleased by the Coalition For Women...
Inmates in Turkish prisons strip-searched and denied basic necessities: report
Human rights violations are continuing in Turkish prisons as inmates are denied basic necessities and are subjected to strip-searches, according to local media, citing...
Gunman gets suspended sentence for 2016 attack on journalist
A Turkish court has given a suspended jail sentence of three years to a man who attacked opposition journalist Can Dündar in front of...
Lawyer for Turkish-Kyrgyz educator’s family demands expulsion of Turkish ambassador in Bishkek
The lawyer for the family of Turkish-Kyrgyz educator Orhan İnandı, who was recently abducted by the Turkish Intelligence Organization (MİT), on Wednesday called on...
Ex-MP says his release is a harbinger of freedom for all pro-Kurdish party members
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, human rights defender and former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), said his release from prison on Tuesday was...
Turkey named among world’s 10 worst countries for labor rights: report
Turkey was named one of the world's 10 worst countries among 149 in total for labor rights, in a report published last week by...
Pandemic could be increasing underage marriages among migrants: Save the Children
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased poverty, which could lead to an increase in underage marriages among migrants in the Middle East and North Africa...
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