Teacher who said ‘Don’t let children die’ will give birth in Turkish prison
A one year, three month prison sentence handed down to Turkish teacher Ayşe Çelik, who called for an end to clashes between Kurdish militants...
Turkish court bans pro-kurdish HDP’s referendum campaign billboards
A court in Turkey’s Şanlıurfa province has banned pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) billboards prepared to promote a “no” campaign for a referendum to...
70-year-old Kemal Gün ends hunger strike after getting son’s remains on 90th day of...
Kemal Gün, a 70-year-old man who was on a hunger strike to get the remains of his son, a militant of the far-left Revolutionary...
UN’s Magazzeni: Deterioration of the human rights in Turkey ‘a cause for alarm’
United Nations (UN) Chief Representative Gianni Magazzeni said that the deterioration of the human rights situation in Turkey is “a cause for alarm” and...
Deaf and dumb man imprisoned by Turkish government over claims of ‘chanting slogan’
Kenan Keklik, a 54 years old Kurdish man, who is deaf and dumb, was sentenced by a Turkish court to 3 years, 1 month and...
Seized Gülen-affiliated media outlets being sold to pro-gov’t media groups without tender
A number of TV and radio stations, which were closed down by the government in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on July...
Men accused of attempting to rape 6 teachers: We thought they were Gulenists
Three suspects accused of attempting to rape 6 female teachers in İzmir have told a court they “wanted to force” the teachers to leave...
Turkish gov’t imprisons 6 female lawyers over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has imprisoned 6 female lawyers in Erzurum province on Tuesday over their alleged links to the Gülen movement.
It was reported that a...
Turkish gov’t jails 108 babies and children more in past 3 months, bringing total...
The number of babies and children aged between 0 to 6, who are being held in Turkish prisons along with their parents, rose from...
Turkish justice minister signals unwillingness to interpret ECtHR ruling as precedent, defying expectations
Turkish Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç on Thursday said the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment on a former teacher’s conviction on links...
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