US commission discusses Turkish gov’t crackdown on dissent, US citizens
The US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), aka the Helsinki Commission, held a hearing on Wednesday on the victims, including US...
Teacher Sökmen detained in Turkey after forced return from Myanmar
Muhammet Furkan Sökmen, a Turkish teacher working for two schools established by Gülen movement followers in Myanmar, was forcibly returned to Turkey despite his...
Critical theologian Eliaçık attacked by Turkish Islamist thugs at book fair
İhsan Eliaçık, a Turkish theologian, who is known for his critical stance against Turkish government and autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was assulted by a...
S&D president Pittella to attend HDP Co-chair Demirtaş’s trial in Turkey
Gianni Pittella, President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament, is going to start a two-day visit to...
ECtHR asks Turkey in Gülen-linked case if it is illegal to attend religious meetings
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has asked the Turkish government if it is lawful to interfere with freedom of religion in the...
Rights watchdogs: Turkey should immediately release human rights defender Osman Kavala
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project in a statement on Monday called...
Turkey’s main opposition CHP deputy asks minister to resign over ‘Gülen propaganda’ in textbooks
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Mehmet Tüm has called on Turkish Minister of Education İsmet Yılmaz to resign, claiming that the...
Gülmen and Özakça, two dismissed educators on hunger strike, arrested in Turkey
Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two educators who went on a hunger strike after they were fired by government decrees in the aftermath of...
BBC journalist Gol deported from Turkey due to his reports
Jiyar Gol, BBC World Bilingual correspondent and filmmaker, tweeted on Friday that he was detained by police at İstanbul’s Atatürk Airport and then deported...
Declaration signed by 180 journalists and academics condemns Turkey’s ‘racist’ media
One hundred eighty journalists and academics have signed a joint declaration condemning Turkish media for publishing racist news about Syrian refugees, the t24 news...
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