54 active duty and former officers face detention warrants over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 54 former and active duty officers over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, accused by the...
Turkey’s İYİ Party gives ‘Kim Jong-un press freedom award’ to public broadcaster TRT
In a move to protest the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT), which has been criticized for acting as the mouthpiece of Turkey’s ruling...
Critics blame widespread impunity for surge in violence against women in Turkey
Despite a rise in violent crimes against women in Turkey, rights groups say that impunity remains widespread, allowing perpetrators to avoid accountability, the Global...
ECtHR faults Turkey for detaining 82 judges and prosecutors after failed 2016 coup
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the European Convention on Human Rights by detaining 82 judges and...
IHD, Saturday Mothers call for effective investigation into disappearance of former bureaucrat
The Human Rights Association (İHD) asked Turkish authorities to urgently find Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit, a former bureaucrat who has been missing since December 29,...
US Senate passes bill that could block sale of F-35 fighters to Turkey
The US Senate on Monday voted in favour of blocking the transfer of 100 F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, following months of increasing tension...
Greta Thunberg visits Turkey radio station closed over Armenian genocide row
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday visited İstanbul’s Açık Radyo, whose broadcasts were silenced earlier this month by Turkish authorities after a guest...
‘Visually approving of terrorism’ among reasons for fines on 3 Turkish TV stations
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog has imposed a fine on three TV stations critical of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for reasons that include...
UN working group finds detention of individuals with alleged Gülen links arbitrary in 2...
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded in two separate cases that the arrest and detention of individuals with alleged...
Turkish court acquits Erdoğanist gang leader who threatened Gülen-linked people with hanging
Sedat Peker, a convicted gang leader and staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was acquitted by a Turkish court on Thursday in...
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