Turkish gov’t detains 13,604 over Gülen links in last five months
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 446 people have been detained in the past week due to alleged links to the faith-based...
Successful doctor detained by Turkish gov’t over Gülen links, attempts suicide in jail, dies...
A successful medical doctor who was detained by police and imprisoned a month ago as part of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt...
Pro-Kurdish HDP candidate Demirtaş says Turkish gov’t pressuring courts to keep him in prison
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş on Sunday said the government is keeping him in prison to guarantee victory in...
Erdoğan declares war on Uber, says it is ‘finished’ in Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has declared war on Uber and said the ride-hailing app no longer exists in Turkey.
Erdoğan made a statement on...
Turkish police detain 8 Kurdish artists in Van and Diyarbakır provinces
Turkish police detained eight Kurdish musicians and theater actors in Diyarbakır and Van provinces on Saturday over plays they have staged in Kurdish.
According to a...
Amnesty launches ‘urgent action’ campaign to release jailed Turkish rapper Ezhel
Amnesty International (AI) launched an online campaign on June 1, calling for the release of Turkish rapper Ezhel, who was put in pretrial detention...
Turkish man badly beaten at Turkish consulate in Rotterdam
A Turkish man living in the Netherlands filed a criminal complaint claiming that he was badly beaten and tear gassed by the security personnel...
Turkish court sentences Gülen sympathizer who lost 52 kg in jail due to lack...
Savaş Uyar, a 41-year-old public accountant in Turkey’s Giresun province who lost 52 kilograms during his months-long pretrial detention, has been sentenced to eight...
Turkish gov’t launches probe into German prosecutor over financial support to family of a...
The Turkish government has launched an investigation into a German prosecutor and financial support given by the European Association of Judges (EAJ) to the family...
PACE: State of emergency negatively impacting electoral environment in Turkey
State of emergency (OHAL) conditions are negatively impacting the electoral environment ahead of Turkey's critical parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24, said a...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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