Turkish gov’t detains at least 59 military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained at least 59 military officers across Turkey on Tuesday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members...
Turkey’s top appeals court to decide on jailed opposition MP despite Constitutional Court judgment:...
Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has announced that the authorities will wait for a decision by the Supreme Court of Appeals in the case...
Turkish man badly beaten at Turkish consulate in Rotterdam
A Turkish man living in the Netherlands filed a criminal complaint claiming that he was badly beaten and tear gassed by the security personnel...
Council of State denies compensation to man severely injured by the police during Gezi...
The Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, has rejected a request for compensation filed by Mustafa Başnamlı, a man who was severely injured...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained dozens of people, including teachers, military officers and police officers, on Wednesday across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup...
Rights advocate submits parliamentary bill to repeal Turkey’s post-coup decree-laws
Opposition deputy and leading human rights defender Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has brought to the parliamentary agenda a bill to repeal the executive decree-laws issued...
Thirty-year-old mother detained by Turkish police during her husband’s funeral
Thirty-year-old Esra Çelik was detained by Turkish police on Sunday as she was attending in the funeral of her husband Mehmet Çelik (30), who...
Turkish police beat Reyhanlı attack victims, saying ‘Sorry, we thought you were Demirtaş supporters’
Ankara police beat family members of victims of a 2013 terrorist attack in Reyhanlı after a hearing on Friday and then apologized to them,...
CoE reveals ECtHR still gives credit to Turkish gov’t’s ‘remedies’ created for witch hunt...
A statement by the Council of Europe (CoE) has revealed that the CoE and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) still give credit...
Rights groups call for release of 87-year-old ailing man jailed on Gülen links
Human rights groups have campaigned on social media urging Turkey’s authorities to release Adem Cirit, an 87-year-old inmate who has been convicted of links...
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