Turkey continues arrests for terrorism based on scant evidence, minimal due process: US State...
The US State Department said in its “Country Reports on Terrorism 2023” released this week that Turkey continued to detain and arrest individuals for...
Activists arrested for protesting Erdoğan’s Israel trade face up to 3 years in prison
Nine pro-Palestinian activists, recently held in pretrial detention for several days for protesting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over Turkey’s alleged ongoing trade with Israel,...
Defendant in ‘High School Girls Case’ was subjected to strip-search while in custody, court...
A university student said she was subjected to a strip-search while in custody, according to the court records for the first hearing of what...
Jailed PKK leader willing to take initiative for settlement of Kurdish conflict: nephew
A lawmaker from Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party and a nephew of Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has...
UN’s Guterres vows ‘active advocacy’ for refugees facing refoulement after Turks deported from Kenya
UN Secretary-General António Guterres reaffirmed the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) commitment to advocating against the forced return of refugees, in comments...
EU urged to probe arrests of Turkish trade unionists, rights violations
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has urged the European Commission to investigate recent arrests and detentions of workers’ representatives in Turkey, raising serious...
Prison authorities deny labor union official access to essential medication
İsmet Aslan, a Turkish labor union official battling a rare form of skin cancer, has been denied access to his prescribed medication in prison,...
Rights groups urge EU commission to oppose Turkey’s proposed ‘agent of influence’ bill
More than 50 international rights organizations have called on the European Commission to oppose Turkey’s proposed “agent of influence” bill, warning it was a...
Turkish police accused of detaining, beating 4 men in road rage incident
Four young men in Hakkari province have accused police officers of strip-searching and beating them following a road rage incident with plainclothes officers, the...
Turkey detains 24 more over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police detained 24 individuals on Tuesday over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in a series of coordinated house raids in seven...
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