ECtHR faults Turkey for violating journalists’ right to freedom of expression
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the rights of two journalists who were jailed for reporting on the...
Turkey’s border guards shooting, torturing Syrians: HRW
Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Turkish border guards of shooting, torturing and using excessive force against Syrians seeking to flee their war-racked country...
Erdoğan harassed top court judges over removal of freeze on HDP funds: report
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan telephoned some members of Turkey’s Constitutional Court earlier this month to account for their decision to remove a freeze...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan promotes violence and radicalism in the Turkish diaspora
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The violent aspect of the worrisome radicalization of the Turkish diaspora with a heavy dose of nationalist and Islamist ideology has been...
Three consecutive life sentences sought for 150 military officers on coup charges
An indictment prepared by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office is seeking three consecutive life sentences for 150 military officers at the Land Forces...
Photojournalist who captured murder of Kurdish student in 2017 standing trial on terror charges
The first hearing in the trial of photojournalist Abdurrahman Gök, in which he faces 20 years in prison on charges of “membership in a...
Inmate with epilepsy who has undergone 3 brain surgeries suffers severe seizure in prison
Former teacher Abdullah Aslan, whose repeated requests for release have been rejected, had a major epileptic seizure in a Turkish prison ward on Monday,...
Teacher detained just after giving birth, handcuffed to bed at hospital by Turkish police
Turkish teacher Fatma Öztürk was detained just after she gave birth to her baby at Ege Umut Hospital in Manisa’s Turgutlu district while police...
Turkish minister confirms visa broker complaints after censoring of report on ex-FM-linked VFS network
Turkey’s trade minister said authorities received 153 complaints about visa intermediaries and are reviewing seven companies accused of reselling Schengen visa appointments, days after...
AKP deputy chairman: No violation of human rights in Turkey
Deputy Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Leyla Şahin Usta, who had sued Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...