Turkish special forces storm Kurdish family home in Van’s Erciş district
Special forces of the Turkish police (PÖH) and gendarmerie (JÖH) attacked a family home in the village of Çobandüzü in the Erciş district of...
As trial nears end, jailed Turkish journalists say they are being punished for doing...
The trial of 29 journalists charged with membership in a terrorist organization resumed in İstanbul on Wednesday, with the journalists delivering their final defense...
European Court of Human Rights decides to evaluate Altan brothers’ plea
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to evaluate the application of imprisoned authors and journalists Ahmet Altan and Mehmet Altan, citing...
Prosecutor investigates deputy over terrorism for failing to condemn speech
A prosecutor in Diyarbakır recently launched an investigation into human rights activist and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu on suspicion of...
Woman detained for helping families of jailed individuals
A woman has been detained in the Turkish capital of Ankara on accusations that she provided financial assistance to the families of people who...
Erdoğan claims irregularities in İstanbul polls, hinting at new election
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday said there were irregularities in the İstanbul elections that he called an "organized scheme," Turkish media reported.
“We...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan’s Pelican conspiracy in Turkey’s propaganda war
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Perhaps the most conniving and cunning arm of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s mammoth propaganda machine is a little-known clandestine group called...
University students face investigation for questioning rights violations, jailing of children with mothers
An investigation has been launched into a group of students from Gaziantep University in southeastern Turkey for staging a protest against rights violations in...
36-year-old woman with a rare genetic disorder held in prison for 6 months on...
Seynur Özdemir, a 36-year-old Turkish woman who suffers from Gardner’s Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder, has been held in a Turkish prison for over...
Report reveals inmates in Turkish prisons not protected against coronavirus
A report drafted by the Jurists for Freedom Association (ÖHD) has revealed that inmates in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons are at high risk of contracting...
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