At least 3 victims of Erdoğan’s persecution targeting Gülen movement drowned as trying to...

At least three victims of the massive post-coup persecution of Turkish government, led by autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, targeting the alleged members of...

Turkey ranks 109th among 126 countries in rule of law index

According to the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2019, Turkey ranks 109th among 126 countries in adherence to the rule of law. The...

Turkey gov’t systematically jails women in persecution of critics

As part of escalating crackdown on dissent and criticism which landed almost 50,000 people in jail in the last six months alone, Turkish government...

Turkey’s ‘Saturday Mothers’ meet for 702nd week despite police threats

Turkey's Saturday Mothers, whose gatherings in İstanbul's Galatasaray Square have been banned by Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, met in front of the Human Rights...

Turkey’s top court says no gov’t decrees can be issued on property rights

A recent decision by Turkey’s Constitutional Court said government decrees including those issued during a state of emergency that seize people’s assets are against...

Turksih police tortured purge victim in forest after detaining him in raid

Police officers from Zonguldak Police Department detained A.T. in a raid to his house in last August over links to faith-based Gülen movement and...

CHP report reveals that humanitarian conditions deteriorating in Turkish prisons

The humanitarian conditions in prisons are deteriorating day by day, a Republican People’s Party (CHP) sub-commission investigating prison conditions has stated after conducting interviews...

Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 149 people over alleged links to Gülen movement

The Turkish government on Friday issued detention warrants for 149 people, mostly military officers, as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...

Up to 10 years in prison sought for HDP Co-chair Yüksekdağ

A prosecutor has drafted an indictment seeking up to 10 years in prison for Co-Chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Figen Yüksekdağ,...

Faruk Akkan, head of Cihan news agency, jailed for 15 months in Turkey without...

A top media executive and a veteran journalist has been languishing behind bars for 457 days without any evidence indicating that he has committed...
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