Turkey’s Erdoğan says he laughed at ICC extradition demand for al-Bashir
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he laughed at an International Criminal Court (ICC) demand for the extradition of Sudanese President Omar...
University of Oslo grants Human Rights Award to Turkey’s purge-victim academic
The University of Oslo (UIO) has granted the 2017 Human Rights Award to Turkish academic and human rights activist Professor İştar Gözaydın for her efforts...
Turkey’s election board annuls İstanbul election results
Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) on Monday canceled the results of İstanbul’s mayoral election held on March 31, won by an opposition candidate, and...
10 arrested for ‘insulting’ President Erdoğan during referendum protest and on social media
Seven people were arrested for insulting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during protests held in İzmir in the aftermath of an April 16...
Amnesty Kirklees opens Silenced Voices Exhibition to show solidarity with jailed/exiled Turkish journalists
International human rights organization Amnesty International's (AI) Kirklees branch Amnesty Kirklees in the United Kingdom (UK) has opened an exhibition titled the "Silenced Voices"...
European rights court says Turkey violated rights of Kurdish politician
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey had violated multiple provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights in...
MHP youth wing chairman says they will take up arms if necessary
Olcay Kılavuz, president of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) youth wing Grey Wolves (Ülkü Ocakları), said on Sunday that they don’t want tensions in Turkey,...
24,706 expelled from Turkish military since coup attempt: minister
Turkey’s defense minister has announced that 24,706 personnel from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have been expelled over Gülen links since a failed coup...
Turkish gov’t to seek extradition of former football player over alleged Gülen links
A high criminal court in İstanbul on Wednesday requested that the necessary judicial action be taken for the extradition of former Galatasaray football player...
Human rights watchdogs call for release of Kurdish politicians
Human Rights Watch and ARTICLE 19 called on the Turkish government to release former co-chairs of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş...
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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