Migrant found dead after shooting at Greece-Turkey border: report
A female migrant has been found dead after shooting erupted as she and others tried to cross into Greece from Turkey by boat, Greek...
Pro-Kurdish party announces human rights toll during coronavirus outbreak
According to a report drafted by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), 15 civilians, six of whom were under the age of 18 died,...
Prison guards refer to notorious torturer while mistreating inmates in SE Turkey
Prison guards in a Gaziantep prison allegedly beat inmates İlhami İşçi and Uğur Ürün over an argument, making reference to a military officer accused...
Turkish court upholds pregnant woman’s sentence and denies request for release
An appeals court has upheld the prison sentence handed down to a pregnant woman on conviction of links to the Gülen movement and has...
Presidents of bar associations call for release of lawyers on death fast
The presidents of nine bar associations including those in Turkey’s largest cities of İstanbul, Ankara and İzmir in a video message called for the...
Police fired plastic bullets during post-election protests in Kurdish city: report
The Van Bar Association, the Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Association for the Freedom of Lawyers (ÖHD) have prepared a joint report on...
Turkey ranked 149th in RSF’s 2022 World Press Freedom Index 2022
Turkey was ranked 149th among 180 countries in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2022 World Press Freedom Index, with the prominent press organization warning about...
CHP deputy: COVID-19 statistics for prisons not announced for 48 days
The Ministry of Justice has not released COVID-19 statistics for prisons since June 17, despite numerous inquiries, Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Gamze Akkuş...
Man beaten by gendarmes gets prison sentence for ‘resisting’
Osman Kale, who was beaten by gendarmes in northern Turkey, has been sentenced to six months in prison on conviction of resisting law enforcement...
Erdoğan opponents allege Greek border pushbacks: report
For years Greece has been accused of illegally pushing asylum-seekers back to Turkey, a practice it strenuously denies, Agence France-Presse reported.
But according to witnesses...
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