Turkey’s planned remote-work options for women spark blowback from activists
The Turkish minister of family and social affairs in a social media post said her ministry was working on new regulations that would allow more remote-work...
Former military cadets, officers among 103 facing detention over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 103 people including 73 former military cadets and three former officers due to their alleged links to...
Human rights defender professor forced to retire due to prison sentence
Professor Şebnem Korur Fincancı, the head of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) and a doctor of forensics, retired from her position at...
Jailed civil society leader Kavala says MPs ‘no longer allowed’ to visit him in...
Turkish philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars for eight years on charges widely viewed as politically motivated, said that lawmakers...
Turkey’s top court rules in favor of inmate whose letters were confiscated
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a prison administration’s decision to seize letters sent to family members by inmate Hüsamettin Uğur violated the right...
319,587 people detained, 99,962 arrested in terrorism operations against the Gülen movement
A total of 319,587 people were detained and 99,962 arrested in operations against supporters of the Gülen movement since a coup attempt on July...
US Human Rights Report: Turkish gov’t violates laws prohibiting arbitrary arrest, detention
The Turkish government has not always observed the requirements of law that prohibit arbitrary arrest and detention and provide for the right of any person to...
Turkey’s economic crisis leaves youths jobless and disillusioned
More than half of Turkey’s young people are not working, a new study shows, revealing widespread hopelessness and low life satisfaction among a generation...
ECtHR faults Turkey again for pretrial detention of 366 people over Gülen links
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has once again faulted Turkey over the arrest and pretrial detention of 366 people following a failed...
OHAL Commission refuses to reinstate ‘Academics for Peace’ signatory despite court decision
An appeals commission in Turkey overseeing appeals filed against the summary dismissal of public servants in the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt has...
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