Turkish PM: No changes will be made to decree on impunity to civilians
The government decree granting immunity to civilians who take part in suppressing coup attempts will not be changed, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has...
Presidents of bar associations call for release of lawyers on death fast
The presidents of nine bar associations including those in Turkey’s largest cities of İstanbul, Ankara and İzmir in a video message called for the...
Woman jailed for insulting Turkish President Erdoğan on social media
A 54-year-old woman was arrested on Sunday in Eskişehir province for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, private news agency...
Turkish gov’t detains 10,472 people over alleged links to Gülen movement in last four...
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 489 people have been detained in the past week (April 23-April 30) due to alleged links...
Turkey’s main opposition CHP visits pro-Kurdish HDP’s ‘Justice Watch’
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Wednesday attended a “Justice Watch” launched by pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) as part of a...
Turkish prison administration sets up CCTV cameras in toilets, bathrooms of women’s section
The administration of infamous Silivri Prison in İstanbul, a facility that holds mainly political prisoners, has set up CCTV cameras in the toilets and...
Turkey’s Interior Minister: Over 48,000 people jailed in 2017 over links to Gülen movement
A total of 48,305 people were arrested by courts across Turkey in 2017 over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, said Turkish Interior...
Prisoners battered to blindness in ‘sponged rooms’ in Turkey’s infamous jail
Three inmates in İstanbul’s infamous Silivri Prison — Umut Gündüz Altın, Murat Yüksel and Musa Kurt — have been battered by more than 30...
7 of 12 jailed Cumhuriyet journalists released pending trial in Turkey
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An İstanbul court on Friday released seven journalists and continued the pretrial detention of five others who were jailed as part of an investigation...
Turkish appeals court sentences pro-Kurdish HDP deputy to 7 years in prison
A Turkish appeals court has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Burcu Çelik Özkan to prison for alleged terrorism propaganda, according to a...
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
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