Int’l academics launch petition campaign for release of jailed professor Gözaydın
More than 300 academics from around the world have launched a petition campaign demanding the release of prominent professor and social scientist İştar Gözaydın,...
Bulgarian journalists sent letters to Turkish colleagues in jail ahead of Varna summit
The Association of European Journalists-Bulgaria (AEJ-Bulgaria) sent letters to journalists jailed in Turkey as a sign of solidarity with them.
A huge number of media...
Political prisoner in need of urgent treatment waiting in quarantine cell
Ali Öztürk, 48, who was imprisoned on trumped-up terrorism charges, has been waiting for a week to be taken to a hospital for an...
France contradicts Turkey’s Erdoğan on Khashoggi tapes
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Monday said that France was not in possession of recordings related to the killing of Saudi journalist...
Report: Turkish gov’t twists peace declaration into an act of terrorism
Turkish government has sought to turn the tables on 148 academics who are facing trial on charges of terrorism for signing a 2016 declaration...
Amnesty International: Hundreds at imminent risk of forced eviction in Diyarbakır’s Sur
Hundreds of residents in the Alipaşa and Lalebey neighborhoods in the Sur district of Diyarbakır province are at imminent risk of forced eviction, Amnesty...
European rights court denies application for Turkish lawyer on hunger strike
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on September 1 rejected a request for an interim measure for Aytaç Ünsal, a Turkish lawyer who...
Turkey’s lavish presidential palace gets special operations command amid economic collapse
The Turkish National Police Department has reportedly formed a Special Operations Command to serve at the lavish presidential palace in the capital of Ankara...
Turkish gov’t asks Sweden to extradite former PYD leader Muslim
The Turkish government asked Sweden on Thursday to arrest Salih Muslim, the former Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) leader, calling for his extradition from...
US Congressmen urge Trump to press Turkish President on human rights
Members of the US Congress have sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to press visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on...
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