Turkey’s ‘pit-type’ prisons under fire amid hunger strikes, rights concerns
Rights groups and inmates have stepped up criticism of Turkey’s high-security “pit-type” prisons, saying detainees face overcrowding, lack of sunlight and medical neglect, according...
601 military personnel to be dismissed by administrative procedure despite non-prosecution on terrorism charges
The İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office sent the files on 601 military personnel who can’t be prosecuted on terrorism charges due to a lack...
Int’l press advocacy groups urge Turkish gov’t to withdraw espionage amendment
Prominent international media freedom groups called on the Turkish government to withdraw proposed amendments to an anti-espionage law in Turkey shortly after the government...
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...
Turkish authorities brand Azerbaijani student as a ‘foreign terrorist fighter’ over cafeteria protest
Turkish authorities have designated an Azerbaijani graduate student as a “foreign terrorist fighter” for participating in a peaceful protest over prices in the cafeteria...
Gun attack targets critical journalist İrfan Değirmenci’s house
An armed attack was staged on the dissident journalist İrfan Degirmenci’s house in İstanbul on early Wednesday. “My house was shot with bullets towards...
Turkish banks continue to deny services to dismissed public servants
Turkish banks continue to deny basic services to civil servants summarily fired by the Turkish government in the aftermath of an abortive putsch in...
Turkish family detained while fleeing Turkey’s post-coup dragnet to Greece
Seven members of a Turkish family were detained in İzmir province while they were allegedly on their way to escape to Greece early on Tuesday. According...
Minister Kaya says dared to die in Netherlands, returned upon Erdoğan’s call
Turkish Minister of Family and Social Policy Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya who was expelled from the Netherlands on Saturday night after she insisted on...
Negligence alleged in death of young Syrian found injured outside Turkish hospital
A young Syrian man died of a brain hemorrhage on Sunday after relatives found him seriously injured outside an İstanbul hospital where they say...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...