NASA scientist, kept in prison by Turkey over Gülen links, returns to US: report

An American NASA scientist returned with his family to the United States early Tuesday morning after nearly four years of imprisonment and house arrest...

Pro-Kurdish party announces human rights toll during coronavirus outbreak

According to a report drafted by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), 15 civilians, six of whom were under the age of 18 died,...

Dismissed from public service because he bought baby formula

A man identified only by the initials T.E. who was taken into police custody because he bought 120 containers of baby formula for his...
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Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 40 military officers over alleged Gülen links

Turkish authorities on Tuesday ordered the detention of 40 military personnel as part of a massive crackdown targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run...
Sevdegül Güler

Bedridden woman whose mother was denied care allowance due to alleged affiliation with Gülen...

Sevdegül Güler, a bedridden woman whose mother was denied a care allowance by Turkey’s Ministry of Family and Social Policies due to her alleged...

Turkish navy’s elite special ops officer was brutally tortured by his former colleagues: report

Murat Fırat, a 41-year-old officer at the Turkish navy’s elite special forces unit, Underwater Offense (Su Altı Taarruz, or SAT), an equivalent of the...

Abusive mass arrests of Turkish lawyers damage rule of law: Human Rights Watch

The abusive mass arrest of Turkish lawyers damages the rule of law and blatantly seeks to identify lawyers with the alleged crimes of their...

Wife of man abducted by Turkish intelligence arrested

Zehra Türkmen, the wife of Gökhan Türkmen, who was allegedly abducted by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), was arrested on October 1 to serve...

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...

Police officer convicted of breaking protestor’s arm walks free after receiving suspended sentence

Police officer E.T., who broke the arm of protestor Zeynal Danacı in Ankara in 2017, was convicted of excessive use of force and sentenced...
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