Purge victim lawyer, mother of 4-month-old infant, dies by suicide
Emine Üzel Ahmadı, 29, the mother of a 4-month-old baby and a former lawyer who was dismissed by an emergency decree as part of...
Turkish women raise their voices against possible withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
Amid the fear of Turkey’s possible withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, a Council of Europe treaty designed to prevent violence and domestic abuse against...
Turkish union leader jailed after speech supporting protesting workers
A Turkish court on Monday ordered the arrest of a labor union leader after a speech supporting protesting carpet factory workers, the Evrensel daily...
NGO report documents more than 7,000 violations in central Turkey prisons in 2023
The Human Rights Association (İHD), one of Turkey’s major advocacy groups, has released a report on prisons located in the Central Anatolian region that...
Syrian refugees in Turkey: political tool in crisis times
Turkey’s large Syrian refugee population has become a political football as an economic crisis overshadows next year’s presidential election and parties spar over sending...
Turkish prosecutor who approved torture chambers at unauthorized site identified: report
Torture chambers set up at an unofficial detention site in Turkey’s capital city of Ankara that were the subject of a Council of Europe...
Critically ill Kurdish prisoner dies after repeated pleas for sentence suspension
Mehmet Edip Taşar, a critically ill, 70-year-old Kurdish prisoner, died in a hospital on Tuesday after authorities repeatedly denied his release despite his worsening...
Van High Security Prison faces allegations of rights violations
Van High Security Prison is facing allegations of arbitrary practices affecting inmates' access to healthcare and legal consultations, the Bold Medya news website reported.
Inmates...
70 students briefly detained for attending Pride March at Boğaziçi University
Turkish police on Friday broke up a Pride March at Boğaziçi University in İstanbul, detaining 70 of the students for participating in the event,...
Elderly woman subjected to police violence during protest in Ankara
Perihan Pulat, 75, sustained several injuries after police used excessive force to disperse protestors in Ankara’s Yüksel Street on May 1.
Several public servants, Acun...
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