Shots fired from both sides at Greek-Turkish border at asylum seekers fleeing Turkey’s crackdown
Border guards from Turkey and Greece on Thursday fired on a group of 11 asylum seekers fleeing a political crackdown by the Turkish government,...
Internet freedom continues to decline in Turkey: Freedom House report
A yearly report by Freedom House on global Internet freedom reveals that Internet freedom continued to decline for a third year in a row...
Switzerland jails a journalist who fled Turkey and applied for asylum
Switzerland has denied the right of asylum to Mustafa Mamay, a Kurdish-Turkish journalist who was sentenced to six years in prison by the Turkish...
Ailing opposition mayor transferred back to prison despite health concerns
Mehmet Murat Çalık, the mayor of İstanbul’s Beylikdüzü district undergoing evaluation for a possible recurrence of lymphoma, was transferred back to prison on Wednesday...
Prison officials in eastern Turkey hogtied two female inmates for hours: report
Local human rights groups have announced that female inmates incarcerated in the eastern province of Ağrı were subjected to severe mistreatment, including being hogtied...
Refugees in fear as sentiment turns against them in Turkey: report
Attitudes about refugees fleeing the long conflict in Syria have gradually hardened in Turkey, where they used to be welcomed with open arms, sympathy...
Turkish police detain unspecified number of pro-Kurdish HDP politicians
Turkish police detained an unspecified number of politicians from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in eastern Kars province on Friday.
According to a report...
Turkish government’s human rights action plan fails to protect children’s rights: report
The Turkish government's Human Rights Action Plan (İHEP) has failed to safeguard children’s rights, falling short of international standards, the Human Rights Association (İHD)...
Kavala says Turkish top court decision a product of mentality that disregards law, human...
Prominent businessman and civil society leader Osman Kavala has described a top court’s decision to uphold his and four others’ conviction in the Gezi...
Germany probes Turk over alleged spying on Gülen supporters
German federal prosecutors said Friday they were investigating a Turkish national on suspicion of spying on dissidents for Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), Agence...
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