Staffing becomes family affair at Turkish public university

A Turkish public university has come under criticism after every one of eight job openings supposedly allocated by examination went to close family members...

Turkey ranked 116th among 140 countries in global rule of law index

Turkey was ranked 116th among 140 countries in the rule of law index published by the World Justice Project (WJP) on Wednesday, Turkish Minute reported. Turkey ranked...

IPI urges Merkel, Macron to confront Turkey on press freedom

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has written to German Chancellor Angela...

Yet another woman detained in Turkey due to Gülen links shortly after delivery

Teacher Esra Demir was detained on Monday, a day after giving birth in Batman, as part of a witch-hunt targeting the Gülen movement, news...

Turkish gov’t reportedly launches food embargo on Kurdish villages

The Turkish government has started to reimplement a food embargo that was in force during the 1990s on Kurdish villages in the eastern and...

HRW: Terrorism trials in Turkey lack compelling evidence

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Thursday that many terrorism trials in Turkey lack compelling evidence of criminal activity or...

Human rights statue in Turkey’s capital ‘released’ after 14 months of ‘detention’

A statue representing human rights at the heart of Turkey's capital city of Ankara was finally "released" on Thursday after being surrounded by police...

Amnesty International: Dissents being ruthlessly suppressed by Turkish gov’t in 2017

A report released by Amnesty International on Thursday reveals that critical voices and dissent were ruthlessly suppressed in Turkey in 2017 and that a...

Lawyer of Turkey’s main opposition leader and dozens more detained over alleged links to...

Celal Çelik, a judge-turned lawyer representing the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, was detained at his home in Ankara province...

Human rights group urges foreign gov’ts to ensure safety of Gülen followers

US/Virginia-based human rights organization Advocates of Silenced Turkey (AST) in a piece on Huffington Post has called on foreign governments to ensure the safety...
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