Int’l human rights organizations urge Turkey to reverse extension of emergency rule
A letter written on Friday to Frederica Mogherini, EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, and Donald Tusk, president of the European...
A report by HDP shows 2,462 ‘no’ campaigners detained, 453 jailed in Turkey
At least 2,462 “No” campaigners have been detained and 453 of them have been sent to jail during the 85-day campaign in the run...
359 currently monitored with electronic ankle bracelets over Gülen links
A total of 359 individuals have so far been ordered by Turkish courts to wear electronic ankle bracelets due to their alleged links to...
HRW calls on Turkey to release detained Italian journalist
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on Turkish authorities to release Italian journalist and writer Gabriele Del Grande, who was detained during a...
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...
CHP to launch case at Council of State for cancellation of referendum results
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) will file a case at the Council of State demanding cancellation of the results of a referendum...
CPT head Gnatovskyy says Ankara does not allow report on Turkey to be published
The Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee has stated that the Turkish authorities have not given permission for a report on Turkey to be published...
4 detained in İzmir for demonstrating in protest of YSK’s unstamped ballot decision
Turkish police have detained four people in the western province of İzmir who took part in demonstrations in protest of a decision by Turkey’s...
IHH files complaint against AKP ‘hitman’ over controversial remarks about Mavi Marmara
The Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (İHH), which organized the Mavi Marmara flotilla to Gaza in 2010, has filed a...
A Diyarbakır court decides to release jailed HDP deputies Aydoğan and Beştaş
A court in southeastern Diyarbakır province on Friday ruled for the release of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Nursel Aydoğan and Meral Danış...
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