Turkey never used Brunson as a bargaining chip, claims Turkish President Erdoğan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan broke his silence about threats of sanctions made by US President Donald Trump and claimed that Turkey never used...
6 die when boat carrying 16 people affiliated with Gülen movement capsizes in Aegean
An inflatable boat carrying 16 people affiliated with the Gülen movement en route to the Greek island of Lesbos in northwestern Turkey capsized on...
‘Saturday Mothers’ gather for 696th time in İstanbul to demand justice for disappeared children
Turkey's "Saturday Mothers" gathered at İstanbul's Galatasaray Square for the 696th week demanding justice and truth for their disappeared children.
This week’s gathering was dedicated...
3,960 die in workplace accidents across Turkey under state of emergency
A total of 3,960 people died in workplace accidents across Turkey under a state of emergency (OHAL) that was in effect between July 21,...
Turkish woman returned to prison immediately after giving birth
Yasemin Baltacı, who was arrested over her alleged links to the Gülen movement just two weeks before the end of her pregnancy, was reportedly...
45 people detained on Cyprus while trying to escape persecution of Erdoğan regime in...
Forty-five people, including 17 children and nine women, were detained by security forces on Saturday on a boat off the Turkish Republic of Northern...
Turkish gov’t’s refugee espionage in US this time targets Nakıboğlu family
A new case of refugee espionage abroad committed by Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency (AA), which is under direct control of the Turkish government...
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,...
İHD: 1,413 detained, 128 tortured in Kurdish-populated region of Turkey in first half of...
At least 128 prisoners were subjected to torture and ill-treatment in prisons and 1,413 people, including 44 children, were detained in mostly Kurdish populated provinces of...
Journalist Yücel lambastes İnce over Brunson crisis: Turkey is a state of gangs
Deniz Yücel, a German Turkish journalist who spent more than a year in pre-trial detention in Turkey, has criticized previous Republican People’s Party (CHP)...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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