Uyghurs in Turkey urge UN rights chief to probe China ‘re-education camps’
Turkey’s Uyghur Muslims on Tuesday urged the UN human rights chief to independently investigate the so-called “re-education camps” and allegations of rights abuses, torture...
New indictment charges 135 Turkish military jurists over alleged Gülen links
A new indictment, filed by the Chief Prosecutor’s Office in Ankara to the 16th Heavy Penal Court on Tuesday, has charged 135 military judges...
Abusive men granted impunity by Turkish judiciary, say rights activists
Women’s rights activists in Turkey have said the judiciary often protects perpetrators of gender-based violence and femicide by granting them impunity, the Birgün daily reported.
In...
Journalist, human rights activist Cengiz faces life sentence despite the lack of any evidence
Turkish lawyer, journalist and human rights activist Orhan Kemal Cengiz is facing consecutive life sentence on coup charges along with 29 other Zaman daily...
Turkish strikes exacerbate humanitarian crisis, HRW says
Turkish airstrikes are inflicting damage on densely populated areas and critical infrastructure in northern and northeastern Syria and worsening an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis...
Pro-Kurdish HDP to participate in CHP’s ‘March for Justice’
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has decided to participate in the “March for Justice” launched by Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)...
145 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in May: report
A total of 145 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in May, according to a monthly report by the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG).
The...
Turkey increases pressure on journalists thanks to 2022 disinformation law
The Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) has expressed concern over increasing political pressure on Turkey’s journalists since the country adopted a disinformation law...
Turkish author and journalist Ahmet Altan spends his 71st birthday in prison
One of Turkey’s most famous novelists and journalists, Ahmet Altan has spent his 71st birthday in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison, where most political prisoners...
Calls for ‘no’ in referendum mark Nevruz celebrations across Turkey
Hundreds of thousands of people flocked to public squares across Turkey on Tuesday to celebrate Nevruz, which was marked by messages calling for a...
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