Restrictions on purged professor’s passport removed for cancer treatment overseas
The Adana Governor’s Office on Thursday announced that restrictions imposed on the passport of Haluk Savaş, a psychiatry professor who was purged from his...
No official will be tried in relation to death of jailed Turkish teacher: prosecutor
A Turkish prosecutor has found no grounds for the prosecution of the relevant officials in the death of Halime Gülsu, a 34-year-old unemployed teacher...
Turkey second worst country in Europe for LGBTI individuals
A ranking by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) has put Turkey in the second lowest place in Europe in...
Court declines to sentence Turkish journalists in MİT trucks case
A Turkish court has declined to sentence former Cumhuriyet newspaper Ankara representative Erdem Gül and opposition deputy and former editor-in-chief Enis Berberoğlu in the...
France reopens probe into 3 Kurdish militants killings allegedly by Turkish Intelligence
French prosecutors have reopened an investigation into the 2013 murder of three Kurdish militants, a judicial source and lawyer for the families of the...
Romanian journalists call for release of imprisoned Turkish colleagues
Romanian journalists and representatives of several NGOs called for the Turkish government to release imprisoned journalists immediately at an event organized in the Romanian...
Turkish professor diagnosed with cancer denied passport although acquitted of all charges
Haluk Savaş, a Turkish professor of psychiatry who was expelled from his university by a government decree, has been denied a passport despite the...
Journalist Yücel says subjected to torture in Turkish prison
German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel says he was tortured during his near year-long detention in Turkey, in court testimony seen by Deutsche Welle, holding Turkish...
Peace petition signatory academic begins serving prison sentence
Professor Füsun Üstel, the first academic who signed a peace petition in 2016 to be incarcerated, turned herself in to prison authorities today to...
European Commission warns Greece over mistreatment of asylum seekers: report
The European Commission has released a written statement expressing concern over allegations of violence and pushback against asylum seekers who cross the Evros River,...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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The May 2023 re-election of...