Turkish authorities censor articles in TDV’s Islam Encyclopedia over alleged influence of Gülen movement
The Islam Encyclopedia of the Religious Affairs Foundation (TDV), which is affiliated with Turkey's controversial Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), arguably one of the...
Jailed human rights defender Erkem’s gastric bleeding ignored by Turkish prison doctors
Nalan Erkem, who was among the rights defenders who were jailed after being detained in Büyükada, reportedly exprerienced a gastric bleeding in prison and...
Police detain 8 lawyers protesting arrest of Cumhuriyet attorneys
Turkish riot police used force to disperse a group of lawyers who held a sit-in protest at the İstanbul Courthouse on Thursday in protest...
Turkish Interior Minister Soylu orders police to ‘break leg’ extrajudicially
Turkey's Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has given order to police officers to execute the criminals without trial and stated that “It’s police’s duty to break...
CHP deputy questions Turkish university rector’s call to kill democrats
Ali Şeker, a deputy from Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has questioned a call in an article written by Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ağırakça,...
Turkish police wait to detain another women just hours after delivery
Turkish government, which has imprisoned at least 700 babies so far, is now trying to imprison one more mother together with her newly born...
A criminal complaint filed against demolition of ancient Hasankeyf by Turkish gov’t with explosives
Libertarian Lawyers Platform (ÖHP) has filed a criminal complaint with the Batman Chief Prosecutor's Office against those who are responsible for making rocks fall...
Jailed journalists refuse to wear uniforms designed for coup suspects in Turkish prisons
Imprisoned journalists from Cumhuriyet and Sözcü daily told members of Turkish press organization who visited them in Silivri jailed on Thursday that they will...
HRW: Prosecutions of alleged followers of Gülen movement lack of evidence, criminal activity
New York-based international human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has highlighted worsening situation with regards to human rights, rule of law, freedom of...
Dutch-Turkish journalist faces death threats by Erdogan’s fanatics
A Dutch journalist of Turkish origin has faced a systematic campaign of threats including death by what appears to be fans of Turkey's autocratic...
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