Turkey opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu says state of emergency deactivated Parliament
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said the state of emergency (OHAL) that was declared in Turkey in the...
Turkey’s RTÜK fines broadcasters critical of gov’t $1.6 million in year and a half
Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) over the last year and a half has imposed TL 11 million ($ 1.6 million) in fines...
Monitoring group detects irregularities regarding 100.000 votes in referendum
As the controversy over the legitimacy of the referendum results in Turkey continues, "Vote and Beyond", a voluntary election monitoring group, has released their...
ARTICLE 19, IPI and RSF: Zaman columnists, journalists must be acquitted in political trial
International organisations for press freedom ARTICLE 19, the International Press Institute (IPI) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have repeated their call for all defendants...
CHP: Turkish prisons turn into death chambers with 215 deaths per year
Three thousand 432 prisoners have lost their lives in Turkish prisons in last 16 years and 215 prisoners lose their lives per year according to Turkey's...
Turkish judge on European rights court acts as Erdoğan’s Trojan horse
The judge representing Turkey on the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) dissents from majority opinions in cases whose applicants are political critics of Turkish President...
Turkey’s emergency rule commission approves 100 job reinstatements out of 6,400
The State of Emergency Procedures Investigation Commission, which was established by a decree-law issued on Jan. 23, 2017, announced that it has finalized a...
Council of Europe’s CPT confirms continued ill-treatment and torture in Turkey
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) confirmed in two reports published on...
Turkish gov’t bans concert in Diyarbakır by Kurdish singer
The Turkish government has banned a concert planned to be given by Kurdish singer Mem Ararat, according to a report by Kurdistan 24.
The report said...
US White House urges Turkish gov’t to exercise restraint in Afrin
Meanwhile, the number of detainees across Turkey over their posts on social media has increased to 58 on Monday. The detainees have been accused...
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