Computer science professor, jailed in Turkish government’s post-coup sweep, gets cancer diagnosis in prison
Under pre-trial arrest for 13 months over alleged links to the Gülen movement, Ahmet Turan Özcerit, who used to be an associate professor at...
Turkish governor blocks post-coup victim on Twitter after being asked for help
Yakup Canbolat, the governor of Turkey’s central province of Konya, has blocked a Twitter account that seeks help for a teacher who was hit...
Germany’s Merkel to push EU partners to review Turkey’s accession to EU
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Tuesday that Turkey is backsliding on the rule of law and vowed to urge other EU member countries...
Motion filed against pro-Kurdish HDP deputy in Turkish Parliament for alleged ‘terror propaganda’
A motion has been filed against pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır deputy Çağlar Demirel for allegedly disseminating “terrorist propaganda” by the Diyarbakır Chief...
EU following ‘worrying’ reports of uniforms for coup suspects in Turkey
A European Union spokesperson on Tuesday said reports of a plan for suspects standing trial on coup charges in Turkey to wear identical uniforms...
Turkey’s Education Ministry: Wives should obey their husbands, not marry atheists
A textbook on the life of the Prophet Muhammad prepared by the Turkish Education Ministry in the framework of a highly controversial new national...
Top appeals court president raises public concerns over Turkish judiciary
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals President İsmail Rüştü Cirit has said there are serious concerns among the public over the judicial system in Turkey,...
Turkish government detains 59 people in one week over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 59 people have been detained in one week as part of Turkish government's post-coup witch hunt...
BHRC raises serious concern over violations of international law and fair trial rights in...
Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has released its trial observations from the first substantive proceedings against journalists in Turkey in June 2017....
Turkey’s pro-gov’t media now accuses world-famous pop singer Tarkan of Gülen links
Ersin Ramoğlu, a columnist for the Sabah daily, on Monday accused world-famous Turkish pop star Tarkan Tevetoğlu, aka Tarkan, along with renowned comedian Cem...
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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abduction, Rendition and Forcible Return of Erdoğan Critics
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