Turkey’s Erdoğan calls on Jerusalem to be recognised as Palestinian capital
Turkish autocratic Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on the international community on Wednesday to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian state.
“I...
Amasya Prison unlawfully denies parole to inmates arrested over Gülen links
Inmates arrested for links to the Gülen movement are being denied release by the Amasya E Type medium security prison in northern Turkey despite...
Turkish court jails Facebook user over Erdoğan criticism
Turgay İnce, a Turkish Facebook user who shared friends-only posts critical of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was arrested and put to pre-trial detention,...
Torture, ill-treatment and prison conditions in Turkey: 2024 in review
Turkey has experienced a marked resurgence of torture and ill-treatment of people in custody since a coup attempt in July 2016. Lack of condemnation...
Turkish police break up Int’l Women’s Day march, detain at least 10 in İstanbul
Turkish police used pepper spray to disperse hundreds of women who had gathered in İstanbul’s Taksim neighborhood on Wednesday evening for the 21st Feminist...
Bar association challenges controversial police regulation at top court
The Ankara Bar Association has taken to court a controversial regulation issued by the country’s Security General Directorate last week ordering police officers to...
Lawyer appeals to Turkish court to end pastor Brunson’s house arrest, travel ban
İsmail Cem Halavurt, the lawyer for American pastor Andrew Brunson, who was transferred from pretrial detention to house arrest last week, has appealed the...
Police storm city hall, detain 127 as Turkey removes another Kurdish mayor from office
The Turkish government removed a Kurdish mayor from office in the eastern province of Van following a terrorism conviction, appointing the governor as trustee...
Prison administration restricts telephone access of Islamic preacher critical of government
Turkey’s Ağrı Prison is restricting the access of Alparslan Kuytul, leader of the Furkan Foundation, an anti-government religious group, to phone calls, which are...
Turkish Embassy spied on Erdoğan critics in Angola
The Turkish Embassy in Luanda, the capital of Angola, which is situated on the west coast of southern Africa, has engaged in a large-scale...
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