Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency harasses exiled journalist Vatandaş

Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) has harassed yet another Turkish journalist who has been forced to live abroad, contributing to the intensified campaign of...

Cellmate: Teacher abducted by Turkey’s MİT from Malaysia subjected to torture in Ankara

Alaettin Duman, a teacher in Malaysia who in 2016 was abducted by agents of the notorious Turkish National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) from Malaysia's capital...

Survey shows Turkish mainstream media reluctant to cover massive human rights violations

Although there were significantly more human rights violations in Turkey in 2017 than in 2015, coverage of the violations declined in the Turkish media,...

EU calls on Turkey to investigate abduction cases targeting Gülen movement

The European Union (EU) on Thursday said it was closely following developments in Turkey including the abductions of people from the Gülen movement, reminding...

39 women across Turkey murdered in male-perpetrated violence in June

Thirty-nine women were murdered in Turkey in June, according to a report released on Wednesday by the We Will Stop the Killing of Women...

HRW: Prosecutions of alleged followers of Gülen movement lack of evidence, criminal activity

New York-based international human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has highlighted worsening situation with regards to human rights, rule of law, freedom of...

Zaman columnist Ahmet Turan Alkan returns home after 709 days in Turkish prison

Ahmet Turan Alkan, a columnist for the now-shuttered Zaman newspaper, arrived home after his release by an İstanbul court on Friday, the online news...

CHP deputy questions PM Yıldırım about fate of 7 kidnapped people in Ankara

Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu submitted a parliamentary question to Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım about the fate...

Four ODTÜ students arrested over placard ‘insulting’ Erdoğan

An Ankara court on Wednesday arrested four students from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) in Ankara for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by carrying...

CoE to discuss possible sanctions against Turkey regarding Kavala, Demirtaş cases

The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee of Ministers, in its quarterly human rights meeting March 12-14, will discuss possible sanctions against Turkey over its...
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