COVID lockdown sees Turkish women bear brunt of unpaid work, UNDP survey finds: report
Turkish women did four times as much household and care work as men during lockdowns aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus, research...
Journalist investigated over report on woman’s rape by noncommissioned officer: report
An investigation has been opened into İdris Yayla, publisher of the Jiyan Haber newspaper, for "provoking the public to hatred and hostility or denigrating...
CHP deputy: COVID-19 statistics for prisons not announced for 48 days
The Ministry of Justice has not released COVID-19 statistics for prisons since June 17, despite numerous inquiries, Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Gamze Akkuş...
Turkish women raise their voices against possible withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
Amid the fear of Turkey’s possible withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, a Council of Europe treaty designed to prevent violence and domestic abuse against...
Turkish police detain 6 members of Grup Yorum music band: report
Turkish police on Wednesday detained six members of folk music band Grup Yorum as they were rehearsing for a concert in İstanbul’s Beykoz district,...
Van Bar Association: Wrong policies push refugees to dangerous routes
In a report on the sinking of a migrant boat in eastern Turkey’s Lake Van on June 27 that is believed to have cost...
Turkey must implement, not abandon, convention on combatting violence against women, warns Amnesty International
Turkish authorities should fully implement the Council of Europe treaty designed to prevent violence and domestic abuse against women, known as the Istanbul Convention,...
HDP deputy to Turkish government: How can ISIS bring Yazidi slaves to Ankara?
In a parliamentary question to Vice President Fuat Oktay, pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Feleknas Uca questioned how the Islamic State in Iraq...
Council of Europe’s CPT confirms continued ill-treatment and torture in Turkey
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) confirmed in two reports published on...
Prison inmate with advanced Parkinson’s has served his time but is not released
Turkish authorities have failed to release a political prisoner with advanced Parkinson’s disease who has completed his mandatory time in prison, the Bold Medya...
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