Alevi communities in Turkey feel under increasing pressure, say leaders
Alevi leaders in Turkey say the current situation of Turkey’s Alevi population is becoming increasingly precarious as the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Hot mic reveals discussion between judge presiding over coup case and Erdoğan advisor
A conversation between two judges who were unable to start a hearing on October 20 due to the absence of the chief judge revealed...
Turkey’s judicial council denies complaint alleging corruption, battery by senior judge
Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has denied claims that it received a complaint filed against a high-ranking member of the judiciary by...
Turkish gov’t accused of turning prisons into enterprises, exploiting inmates’ labor
The Turkish government has been accused of turning its low security prisons, where more than 60,000 inmates are employed in revenue-generating jobs for very...
Turkey’s massive witch-hunt targeting Erdoğan opponents reached South Korea, judicial document reveals: report
Turkey’s massive witch-hunt against critics of its Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was expanded to East Asia, and Turkish nationals living in South Korea...
Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal re-arrested and beaten by police during detention
Aytaç Ünsal, a lawyer who had until recently been on a hunger strike in support of his demand for a fair trial, was detained...
Pregnant woman subjected to sexual harassment and insults by prosecutor during interrogation
Nigar Kocabaş, a pregnant woman who in 2016 was interrogated by Chief Public Prosecutor İbrahim Keskin in the northern Turkish city of Samsun for...
80-year-old woman detained for criticizing Erdoğan’s communications director on Twitter
An 80-year-old woman identified only by the initials E.B. was detained in her Istanbul home on Wednesday after criticizing the monthly earnings of Fahrettin...
Erdoğan says Gülen movement supporters have no property rights
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said at a press conference on Wednesday prior to an official trip to Azerbaijan that supporters of the Gülen...
Inmate with thyroid cancer pleads for release from Turkish prison
Abdülaziz Örpek, 46, an inmate who has suffered from thyroid cancer for the past two years, is unable to receive treatment in prison, and...
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