Mass detention warrant issued for Turkish lawyers, systematically targeted because of their work
The İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday ordered the detention of 66 lawyers as part of what appears to be a campaign against...
2017 law governing Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors undermines independence of judiciary: UN...
A law governing Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) continues to have adverse effects on the independence of the judiciary and the separation...
Kurdish politician sentenced to prison for calling President Erdoğan a misogynist
A former Kurdish parliamentarian jailed in on terrorism charges has been handed down an additional prison sentence for insulting President Tayyip Erdoğan, Reuters reported,...
Turkish lawyers should not be criminalized for engaging in their profession: PACE
Rapporteurs from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have expressed concern over the situation of lawyers in Turkey after what they...
Kurdish villager allegedly thrown from helicopter forcibly taken to military hospital, lawyers say: report
Turkish police on Tuesday took Osman Şiban, a Kurdish villager allegedly tortured by soldiers and thrown from a helicopter, from his home to a...
Couple subjected to electroshock, beatings, inhumane treatment at Turkish detention center
Müberra and Murat Boşcu, who were detained on October 17, 2016, were subjected to torture including electroshocks, beatings and strip searches as well as...
Syrian family claims they were tortured at border by Turkish soldiers
A Syrian family attempting to cross into Turkey was detained in the border city of Urfa and subjected to torture by members of the...
Activist mother jailed for her remarks released after 2 months in prison: report
Melek Çetinkaya, a rights activist who had been arrested on terror charges over her remarks on a TV broadcast during which she refused to...
Police chief nicknamed ‘Angel of Death’ who ran torture sites in Turkey unmasked in...
A Turkish police chief with the self-proclaimed nickname of Azrael, or the Angel of Death, oversaw two unofficial torture sites with nearly 2,000 people...
Turkey arrests 94 former military personnel over alleged Gülen links
Ninety-four former military personnel were arrested as part of a massive crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on...
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