HDP deputies start sit-in at Turkey’s Constitutional Court as ‘March of Justice’ goes on
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies have started a sit-in at the Constitutional Court building in Ankara protesting the arrest of its deputies, the...
European Parliament not to send observers to April 16 referendum in Turkey
The European Parliament said on Thursday that it will not send a delegation to observe an April 16 constitutional referendum in Turkey.
A press release...
Turkish court not released 20 jailed journalists despite of witnesses’ contrary statements
A Turkish court has ruled for continuation of imprisonment for 19 journalists despite of the lack of solid evidences and the statements made by...
COMMENTARY – Saga of Dutch journalist tells the tale of Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
There is no shortage of examples about how the Turkish government scapegoats innocent people for the problems it has created in an...
ECtHR rules Turkey violated right to a fair trial in 3 cases involving post-coup...
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that Turkey violated the right to a fair trial in three separate cases concerning mass dismissals...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violation in travel ban imposed on activist
In a landmark decision Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a travel ban imposed on a human rights activist constituted a violation of her...
‘My 5-month old son is slowly going blind in prison,’ says jailed mother
Betül Selçuk, a physics teacher who has been held in pretrial detention for almost 11 months over alleged links to the Gülen movement, has...
Security forces beat 39 villagers at blockaded Kuruköy square, set houses on fire
Turkish security forces blockaded a village in Nusaybin district of Mardin province beaten thirty nine villagers in front of others at the village square...
Another purge victim succumbs to cancer
Ömer Günerigök, a teacher who was purged from his job and prosecuted by the authorities in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown, died of skin cancer on...
Turkey’s social security body refuses to process retirement requests of Gülen-linked people
Turkey’s Social Security Institution (SGK) is turning down requests for retirement from individuals who have been removed from public jobs or have stood trial...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...