Teacher under threat of deportation from Kosovo for torture in Turkey

A Turkish teacher named Uğur Toksoy was detained by Kosovo authorities just following a visit by Ankara Chief Prosecutor Yüksel Kocaman, to the land over...

A campaign of awareness organised worldwide for #668Babies in Turkish prisons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB4RoIhFId0 A worldwide awareness campaign was conducted on Saturday in major cities across the world including London, Berlin and Stockholm for 668 babies who were...

Turkish court accepts indictment seeking life sentences for relatives of major coup suspect

A Turkish court in Sakarya province accepted an indictment on Friday against the sister-in-law and the father-in-law of Turkey’s alleged major coup suspect Adil...

Seized properties of 12 critical media outlets put up for sale in Turkey

Properties belonging to 12 critical media outlets, which the Turkish government seized under post-coup emergency rule declared in the aftermath of a controversial coup...

Turkish rights NGO says conditions for prisoners in poor health alarming

Prominent pro-Kurdish NGO the Human Rights Association (İHD) has stated that in Turkey there are 1,025 prisoners in poor health, 357 of whom are...

Ankara mayor Gökçek resigns upon Turkish President Erdoğan’s order

Melih Gökçek, the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality mayor, announced his resignation on Saturday, saying his decision came after an order from Turkish autocratic President Recep...

Imprisoned Turkish media designer: I’m calling you from a shrunken small world

Fevzi Yazıcı, a Turkish member of the US-based international Society for News Design (SND) who was imprisoned last year as part of a government...

Jailed journalist Alpay: Silivri better than Sağmalcılar, we can take a shower whenever we...

Şahin Alpay, a jailed veteran journalist and columnist of now-closed Zaman daily, has compared the conditions of infamous Sağmalcılar Prison in the wake of...

Turkish journalist Ufuk Şanlı in jail for his tweet about pro-gov’t businessman 

A business journalist who made a career for himself in covering economy, trade and investment has been behind bars for 457 days for commenting...

Turkey persecutes 20 lawyers between 2 and 11 years of prison sentences over alleged...

Turkish government persecuted 20 lawyers, who have been in prison for 15 months, on Friday with prison sentences between 2 and 11 years of...

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