5-year-old subjected to strip search during prison visit: report
A 5-year-old boy was subjected to a strip search during a prison visit in Turkey’s Samsun province, according to a letter written by an...
UN human rights chief calls for freeing of political prisoners amid coronavirus pandemic
While the Turkish government has excluded political prisoners from a recently proposed amnesty bill, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called on...
37 int’l NGOs call for release of pretrial detainees in Turkey due to coronavirus...
A total of 37 NGOs from Turkey, Europe and around the world released a joint statement on Friday calling on Turkish authorities to reduce...
Members of the US Congress urge release of political prisoners in Turkey
In a letter addressed to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, members of the US Congress urged the US government to engage with the...
Family torn apart in Turkey’s post-coup purge appeals for justice
In a letter to Turkish human rights activist and pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, Önder Bozkurt told the story of...
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog bans Can Dündar’s news website again
The Özgürüz news website, run by prominent Turkish journalist Can Dündar, who has been living in self-imposed exile for a while now, was cut...
Turkish authorities order detention of 65 military personnel over Gülen links
Turkish authorities on June 24 ordered the detention of 65 military personnel as part of a massive crackdown targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, the...
15 Canadians named in Turkish ‘terrorism’ probe linked to President Erdoğan’s rival: report
Fifteen Canadian citizens – including academics, journalists, real estate agents and a part-time taxi driver – have been named as suspects in a Turkish...
Woman’s murder prompts calls to implement İstanbul Convention, already under threat of withdrawal by...
The murder of a 27-year-old woman by her ex-lover sparked outrage on Turkish social media on Tuesday, prompting a strong call for implementing the...
Officer convicted on coup charges not allowed to attend wife’s funeral
Muhammed Macit, a second lieutenant in the Turkish military who was convicted on coup charges, was not allowed to attend his wife’s funeral after...
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