Critics slam celebrity manager’s sentencing on coup charges
Critics, including a European Parliament member and opposition politicians, have denounced an İstanbul court’s 12-year, six-month sentence for celebrity manager Ayşe Barım over the...
Turkish women call for end to gender-based violence and discrimination on International Women’s Day
In commemoration of International Women’s Day, Turkish women’s rights activists have called for an end to gender-based violence, which is worryingly common in the...
Turkish lawyers continue to be imprisoned for doing their jobs: American Bar Association
In a statement on the occasion of Lawyers’ Day in Turkey, the American Bar Association said Turkish lawyers continue to be arrested, charged, tried...
RTÜK takes no action against pro-gov’t TV station that received most complaints
Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has not taken any punitive action against the pro-government ATV television station despite the fact that the...
Parliament’s peace blueprint backs PKK integration, hints at Öcalan release
Turkey’s parliamentary peace commission has finalized a draft report proposing legal reforms tied to peace efforts with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), including a...
Turkey in ‘serious breach’ of ECHR, rule of law by not releasing Kavala: Council...
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has declared Turkey in “serious breach” of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and rule of...
347 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in first quarter
A total of 347 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in the first quarter of this year, according to a report by the...
Child victims of witch hunt reveal plight of children caught up in Turkey’s never-ending...
Two recent cases involving two children, one handed over to his ailing and elderly grandparents after the incarceration of his parents and the other...
Turkey orders detention of 16 for aiding families of people jailed over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 16 people accused of distributing financial assistance to the families of individuals jailed or dismissed from...
6 inmates held in cells designed for 3 in NW Turkey prisons: NGO
The Association for the Freedom of Lawyers (ÖHD) has published an annual report on prison conditions in Turkey’s northwestern Marmara region, which found that...
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