Pro-Kurdish rights defender Dr. İpekyüz detained by Turkish police in Diyarbakır
Human rights advocate Dr. Necdet İpekyüz, a member of the Executive Board of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV), the chairperson of the...
Turkish gov’t detains 239 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government detained a total of 239 people last week (Sept.3-Sept.10) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
Turkish gov’t has detained a third of pro-Kurdish HDP members over last 3 years
The Turkish government led by autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has detained about a third of all pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) members since...
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...
New mother detained over alleged Gülen links despite doctor’s objection in Turkey
Hatice Avan, who gave birth to a baby in the western Turkish province of Denizli on Thursday, was detained on Friday, despite her doctor’s...
Ankara’s requests for Swiss assistance against Turkish expats on the rise: report
Swiss authorities have been asked to take action against social media commentary that Turkey perceives as defamatory or sympathetic to terrorist groups, the Swissinfo...
Turkish journalists and academics Alpay and Altan demand equal treatment before the law
Journalist and academic Şahin Alpay and Mehmet Altan, who were imprisoned by Turkish government under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and...
Health of woman arrested while pregnant worsens in prison
Sehat Sarı, who was arrested in the sixth month of her pregnancy and is being kept in prison despite a regulation requiring her release,...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 226 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 467 social media accounts and taken legal action against 226 users over the last week (Sept.3-Sept.10) on accusations of...
COMMENTARY — Iranian intelligence drives a wedge between Turkey and NATO
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Tapping in on the growing outcry in Turkish public opinion about the US embassy move to Jerusalem, Iranian proxy groups operating in...
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