Rights groups call for immediate release of Kavala following CoE Committee of Ministers decision

Human rights organizations have called for the immediate release of prominent businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars on a series...

Over 41,000 education staff dismissed since 2016 coup attempt in Turkey

A total of 34,000 teachers have been dismissed along with 5,882 academics and 1,372 administrative personnel from universities in Turkey as part of a...

Handing case of Khashoggi murder to Saudi Arabia reveals deterioration of rule of law...

In a statement issued on Friday, the Washington, D.C.-based Freedom House said Turkey’s decision to hand the case of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder to...

Closed pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily’s editor Çapan detained by Turkish police

Journalist Reyhan Çapan, who used to be managing editor of the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily, which was closed by a government decree under a...

Top court sees no rights violation in punishment of teachers for mother tongue protest

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found no rights violation in a disciplinary punishment given to 22 teachers who staged a protest about the importance of...

Turkey persecutes 20 lawyers between 2 and 11 years of prison sentences over alleged...

Turkish government persecuted 20 lawyers, who have been in prison for 15 months, on Friday with prison sentences between 2 and 11 years of...

ECtHR faults Turkey for detaining 82 judges and prosecutors after failed 2016 coup

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the European Convention on Human Rights by detaining 82 judges and...

HDP party council member arrested at İstanbul airport to serve prison sentence

Pınar Aydınlar, party council member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who is also a famous folk singer, was arrested on Tuesday due...

Turkish government releases another German citizen from prison

Turkish government has released another German citizen, David Britsch, who was jailed arbitrarily by Turkish authorities as the 55-year-old was on the way of...

Germany discusses ‘the long arm of Turkey’s Erdoğan’ in the country

A debate over a meeting between Turkish-German football players Mesut Özil and İlkay Gündoğan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is continuing in Germany. According...
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