Woman released for health reasons sent back to prison after court rules she poses...
Ebide Şimşek, a housewife and mother of three who was sentenced to prison in 2019 for alleged links to the Gülen movement but subsequently...
CoE head Jagland calls for ending state of emergency in Turkey
In his opening speech for the year 2017, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Thorbjorn Jagland urged an end to a state of...
Some Turkish books censored after D&R sale to pro-gov’t Turkuaz Group
Some books have been removed from the shelves of Turkey’s largest bookstore chain, D&R, after it was sold last month to the pro-government Turkuvaz...
40,000 child sexual abuse reports filed in Turkey in 2023
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Opposition MP faces removal of parliamentary immunity due to chemical weapons remarks
A Turkish prosecutor has filed a summary of proceedings for an opposition lawmaker that may cause him to lose his parliamentary immunity, accusing him...
CPJ calls on Turkish authorities to halt deportation of Iranian journalist Mohammad Mosaed
Turkish authorities should immediately halt the deportation of Iranian investigative journalist Mohammad Mosaed, who has a well-founded fear of persecution if he were to...
394 workers killed in workplace accidents in Turkey in Q1
Three hundred ninety-four workers died in workplace accidents across Turkey in the first three months of 2018, according to a monthly study released by...
New low in Erdoğan’s crackdown: Minors prosecuted as terrorists for socializing with peers
Turkey is set to put 14 high school students on trial for alleged membership in a terrorist organization as part of a crackdown on...
Kurdish politician released from prison due to dementia faces new indictment
Turkish prosecutors have drafted a new indictment for a Kurdish politician who was recently released from prison because she was found unfit for incarceration...
Turkey sentenced 23 journalists to over 100 years in prison in 2020: report
Turkish courts handed down sentences totaling 103 years to 23 journalists in 2020, according to the “BİA Media Monitoring Report 2020,” Turkish Minute reporting,...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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