Turkey’s purged doctors to be able to work at private hospitals as AKP backtracks...

Thousands of doctors who have been fired from their jobs at state-run hospitals as part of a massive purge launched by Turkey’s Justice and...

Turkish prosecutor charges 120 people in Gezi Park investigation: report

Turkish prosecutors filed criminal charges for at least 120 people and have launched investigations into more than 600 suspects for their participation in the...

European rights court rules Turkey violated church group’s freedoms

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the right to freedom of association by refusing to recognizing a religious...

LRWC urges Turkish gov’t to immediately release, ensure medical treatment for jailed lawyer Mustafa...

The Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a committee of Canadian lawyers who promote human rights and the rule of law by providing support internationally to...

Turkey ranks 109th among 126 countries in rule of law index

According to the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2019, Turkey ranks 109th among 126 countries in adherence to the rule of law. The...

ECtHR failed in response to post-coup cases in Turkey: report

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) on Wednesday published a report highlighting the collapse of the rule of law and human rights in Turkey as...

Int’l human rights bodies slam abduction of 6 Turkish nationals in Kosovo

International human rights organisations have slammed the abduction of six Turkish nationals in Kosovo and their illegal removal to Turkey, characterizing the scandal as a...

Turkey detains 261,000, arrests 91,000 in post-coup crackdown on Gülen followers

Turkey has investigated 559,064 people for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused of masterminding a 2016 coup attempt despite its...

Jailed mother says baby contracted dysentery in prison, yet denied medication

Arzu Akçakaya, one of the more than 11,000 women who have been jailed as part of a government crackdown on followers of the Gülen...

PACE Turkey rapporteurs call on authorities to free political prisoners

Amid fear of the coronavirus pandemic’s spread to Turkey's overcrowded prisons, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of...
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