Turkish prisons host 1,517 sick inmates: report
There are at least 1,517 sick inmates in Turkish prisons, 651 of whom are seriously ill, Deutsche Welle (DW) Turkish service reported, citing a...
15,834 Turkish nationals sought asylum in Europe last year: EASO
A total of 15,834 Turkish nationals sought international protection in EU member states, Norway and Switzerland in 2020, according to an analysis released by...
Turkish gov’t bans main opposition officials from soldiers’ funerals
Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Thursday he had banned local officials from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) from attending Turkish...
759 children under 6 live in Turkish prisons as incarceration rates soar
Turkish prisons currently house 3,690 children aged 12 to 18, including 165 girls. In addition, 759 children under the age of 6 live with...
Officer accused of mistreating detainee by Turkey’s top court is appointed chief of police
Kenan Şaban Süzgün, a police officer found by Turkey's Constitutional Court to have mistreated Aydın Aydoğan during his detention in 2017, has been appointed...
Turkey’s state-run news agency harasses Turkish rights activist in the US over Times Square...
Three employees of Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) harassed the president of US-based advocacy organization Advocates of Silenced Turkey (AST) on Sunday after...
Victims of Sivas Massacre commemorated on its 25th anniversary
The Sivas Massacre, an arson attack carried out by an extremist mob on mostly Alevi intellectuals inside the Madımak Hotel that killed 33 intellectuals...
Turkey detains 35 over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish police detained 35 individuals on Tuesday in Ankara as part of an ongoing crackdown on alleged members of the faith-based Gülen movement, the...
AKP MP faces barrage of complaints in Germany for his call to ‘destroy’ PKK...
Scores of criminal complaints have been filed in Germany against a lawmaker from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) who called for the...
Doctor suspended for sharing information about a sick inmate with his family
A doctor was suspended for a week for providing health information about an inmate suffering from COVID-19 to his family, a petition sent to...
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