Turkish courts handed down sentences to 41 journalists in first half of 2019
The Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGİ) has announced that the first six months of the year saw the trial of 287 journalists, 41 of whom...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court rules journalist Yücel’s rights violated
Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that rights violations had occurred in the one-year-long pretrial detention of German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel, Turkish media reported.
The...
Human rights group reports 248 alleged Turkish torturers to German federal authorities
Human Rights Defenders (HRD) filed a criminal complaint with the Office of the German Federal Public Prosecutor (GBA) against 248 individuals including government agents...
Secret documents expose large-scale spying on critics by Turkish embassies
Secret Turkish Foreign Ministry documents obtained by Nordic Monitor reveal that Turkish embassies and consulates have become tools of spying and profiling and confirm that...
Man missing for more than 3 months reveals he was abducted, tortured by Turkish...
Zabit Kişi, who disappeared for more than a hundred days after he was reportedly turned over by Kazakhstan to Turkish intelligence and put on...
Turkish opposition deputy questions gov’t over banning pride marches
Turkish opposition deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu on Tuesday lodged a parliamentary inquiry asking why the deputy governor of İstanbul had banned a pride march of...
Turkish court remands businessman Kavala, releases activist Aksakoğlu pending trial
Turkish businessman Osman Kavala was remanded in custody on Tuesday, accused of trying to overthrow the government by organizing protests six years ago.
The court...
Deputy asks for parliamentary investigation into torture claims
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Ağrı deputy Dirayet Dilan Taşdemir has submitted an inquiry to the Turkish Parliament on claims of torture in Ankara and...
Turkish civil society figures go on trial over 2013 Gezi Park protests
Sixteen leading Turkish civil society leaders appeared in court on Monday, accused of seeking to overthrow the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during the...
US report highlights violations of religious freedom in Turkey
The International Religious Freedom Report 2018 released by the US State Department on Friday addresses gross violations of religious freedom in Turkey.
The annual report...
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