Two Kurdish workers file mistreatment complaint against police after Nevruz detention
Two Kurdish construction workers have filed a criminal complaint alleging they were mistreated by police during detention after attending Nevruz celebrations in İstanbul, the...
Turkish police detain 6 people as trying to flee from Turkey to Bulgaria
Turkish police have detained 11 people, including 5 children, in Yenikadın village of Edirne province as they were trying to flee from Turkey to...
Constitutional Court became ‘entirely ineffective’ as domestic remedy in 2022: censorship report
The Freedom of Expression Association’s (İFÖD) EngelliWeb initiative has said in its 2022 annual report on internet censorship in Turkey that the Constitutional Court became an...
Opposition parties, bar associations, unions condemn ouster of Turkey’s main opposition leadership
A Turkish appeals court’s ouster of the elected leadership of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) sparked condemnation from opposition parties, bar associations,...
668 babies to welcome Eid al-Adha in Turkish prisons
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Six hundred sixty-eight children under the age of 6 will welcome the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha (Kurban Bayramı) on Friday in jails across...
Criminal complaint against US ambassador in Turkey alleges involvement in failed coup
Ahmet Kabadayı, president of the National Unity and Fraternity Federation (MBKF), a pro-government Turkish NGO, has filed a criminal complaint against departing US Ambassador...
8-year-old refugee boy hospitalized after leg is mangled at work
An 8-year-old Afghan refugee boy was hospitalized in Turkey's western Kırklareli province after his leg was mangled by a piece of equipment at work...
Turkey gov’t requests extradition of 419 alleged members of Gülen movement
Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül said on Friday that the Turkish government has so far asked for the extradition of 419 people linked to...
Justice Ministry’s promise to build playgrounds in prisons sparks questions
Experts have criticized a promise made by the Turkish Ministry of Justice to build playgrounds for children accompanying their mothers in prison, saying children...
HDP’s presidential candidate Demirtas vows to end one-man rule in Turkey
Selahattin Demirtaş, the presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has vowed to end one-man rule in Turkey.
Demirtaş's manifesto for the June...
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