Gülen-linked school in Burkina Faso to be handed over to Turkish Maarif Foundation
The Turkish Maarif Foundation (TMV), a state-run educational body, will take over schools in Burkina Faso affiliated with the Gülen movement, a worldwide civic...
UN working group finds detention of Turkish citizens abducted from Malaysia due to alleged...
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded that the arrest and detention of two individuals who were abducted from Malaysia...
Former police officer not released from prison until too late succumbs to cancer
Ümit Gökhasan, a former police superintendent who was not released from prison until his cancer had spread to other parts of his body, has...
Turkey is no longer a country governed by the rule of law, says a...
In a new report unveiled today as part of continuing series that focus on human rights violations and arbitrariness in the application of the...
İstanbul court issues stay on revocation of Açık Radyo’s broadcasting license
Amid mounting criticism from international press and rights organizations over the revocation of the broadcasting license of independent radio station Açık Radyo, an İstanbul...
Sanctions imposed on Halk TV for coverage of Kurdish father given son’s remains in...
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, has imposed penalties on the pro-opposition Halk TV due to its coverage of the...
Rear handcuffing of detainees accused of supporting families of political prisoners sparks outcry
Rear handcuffing of detainees who were accused of supporting families of prisoners jailed over alleged Gülen links sparked outcry among human rights defenders, Turkish...
Campaign launched in Turkey against lack of opposition election coverage on TRT
As the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) attracts growing criticism for failing to give sufficient election coverage to opposition parties, an online campaign...
Turkey’s DEM Party challenges removal of its mayor in court
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has filed a petition at the Ankara Administrative Court requesting a stay in the removal...
Controversial Turkish imam warns followers country will need cleansing of ‘traitors’ in YouTube sermon
Turkish imam Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü in a controversial YouTube sermon posted on Saturday warned his followers the country may need a cleansing of "traitors,"...
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