Rights violations of Gülen movement members constitute crimes against humanity: report
A report by the Institute for Diplomacy and Economy (INSTITUDE) has revealed that the scale, scope, gravity, intensity and prevalence of human rights violations...
Ankara Governor’s Office bans lighting fires, singing songs in street protests
The Ankara Governor’s Office has banned lighting of fires and signing of songs in street protests after sunset in Turkey’s capital city.
A statement posted...
Journalist Gültaşlı highlights double standards of int’l press and rights bodies for jailed Turkish...
Ahead of the second anniversary of the seizure of the Zaman Media Group by a government led by autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Prosecutor cites Twitter messages as terror evidence for critical journalists
In the most bizarre case ever seen in Turkey against 29 indicted journalists, Turkish prosecutor cited Tweets and Retweets amounting legitimate criticisms as evidence...
Jailed journalist Altan: They can lock me up, but not my imagination
Prominent Turkish novelist and journalist Ahmet Altan, who has been in pretrial detention since Sept. 23 of last year, said in an essay published...
Turkish court accepts indictment seeking 15 years for human rights defenders
The İstanbul 35th High Criminal Court has accepted an indictment drafted by the İstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office seeking up to 15 years each for...
US House Foreign Affairs Committee approves resolution condemning Turkey over Washington violence
US House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a resolution condemning Turkey over the violence against peaceful protesters outside the Turkish Ambassador’s residence on May 16,...
Families of Paris killings’ victims demand to reopen the probe
The families of three Kurdish women who were assassinated in Paris on Jan. 9, 2013, have filed a petition to relaunch the investigation on...
Turkey’s Human Rights Association condemns PKK’s ‘punishment’ of civilians
Turkey’s Human Rights Association (IHD) in a press statement condemned the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) “punishment” of civilians after two men reportedly went...
Number of complaints over Turkish government’s post-coup dismissals hits 57,340
The number of complaints filed over Turkish government's massive post-coup dismissals has hit 57,340 in August, according to the reports in Turkish media.
More than 150,000...
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