Amnesty says Turkish government’s crackdown on dissidents in Turkey continued in 2019
The government’s crackdown on dissidents in Turkey continued in 2019, despite the end of a two-year-long state of emergency in July 2018, Amnesty International...
Female student subjected to unlawful strip-search files complaint amid government’s persistent denial
A female student who was subjected to an unlawful strip-search in detention has filed a complaint with the prosecutor’s office after top government officials...
Demirtaş’s lawyer accused of joining HDP’s WhatsApp group
An indictment prepared against Levent Pişkin, a lawyer representing Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, has revealed that he has been charged with...
Jagland says jailed journalists and deputies are priority for Council of Europe
Thorbjørn Jagland, the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, who has referred to the arrests in Turkey, said journalists and members of the Parliament...
CHP deputy says cases of naked body search increase in Turkish prisons
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Barış Yarkadaş has claimed that cases of naked body search are increasing in Turkey’s prisons as he...
Widespread imprisonment of individuals with alleged Gülen links may constitute crimes against humanity: UN...
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded that the arrest and detention of an individual with alleged ties to the...
Turkish gov’t refuses to release woman jailed for alleged Gülen links despite risk of...
One of the more than 17,000 women who were jailed in Turkey in the aftermath of a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016...
Turkish gov’t sells properties of 11 businessmen seized over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has put the assets of 11 businessmen who were shareholders in Kaynak Holding. which was...
HDP deputy’s mother removed from grave after racist attack in Turkey
The body of Hatun Tuğluk, mother of jailed Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Aysel Tuğluk, was on Wednesday removed from the grave after an...
Southeastern offices of human rights organization closed down
Sixteen offices of the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples (Mazlumder) in mainly Kurdish-populated cities were closed down on Sunday at...
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