Turkish doctors the latest target of autocratic Erdoğan regime
The Turkish Medical Association (TTB), which is representing 80 percent of Turkish health sector professionals, has been subjected to a large number of violent...
Turkey issued detention warrants for 92 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 92 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group...
Amnesty International: Dissents being ruthlessly suppressed by Turkish gov’t in 2017
A report released by Amnesty International on Thursday reveals that critical voices and dissent were ruthlessly suppressed in Turkey in 2017 and that a...
Activists renew calls for release of incarcerated mothers with sick children
Following the recent death of 6-year-old Yusuf Kerim Sayın, who was separated from his imprisoned mother during his struggle with bone cancer, human rights...
Turkish prosecutor demands 15 years in prison for Cumhuriyet daily executives, journalists
The prosecutor overseeing an ongoing "terror" investigation into executives and writers from Turkey's Cumhuriyet daily on Friday asked for the imprisonment of all suspects...
Turkey blacklists 411 critics living abroad over Gülen links
The Turkish government has blacklisted 411 people living in countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, the US and Canada for alleged links to the...
Turkish FM’s comments an admission of political nature of Kavala case: lawyers
Lawyers for Osman Kavala, a prominent Turkish philanthropist and businessman who has been in jail since 2017, said that recent statements by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan...
Turkey’s Court of Appeals approves prison sentence for pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Baydemir
A 17-month prison sentence given to pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Osman Baydemir has been approved by Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals, with...
RSF says Turkey repeatedly jails journalists to intimidate them
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a nongovernmental organization focusing on safeguarding the right to freedom of information, has said Turkey uses repeated imprisonment of journalists...
38 people in 12 provinces detained over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police detained 38 people in raids carried out across the country for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group accused by...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...