Mothers of enforced disappearance victims hold 1,000th Saturday vigil in İstanbul
The Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and relatives seeking the fate of loved ones who disappeared in police custody in Turkey, held their...
Journalist sentenced to prison on terrorism charges in first hearing of trial
A journalist was sentenced to 15 months in prison on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda in the first hearing of her trial at a...
Turkey detains Uyghur woman with valid residence permit, sparking fears of deportation to China
İstanbul police on Tuesday detained a Uyghur woman with a valid residence permit and transported her to a removal center, raising concerns that she...
Court rules to continue pretrial detention of visually impaired teacher jailed on Gülen links
A Turkish court has ruled to continue the pretrial detention of Mustafa Seçkin, a teacher who was arrested on alleged links to the faith-based...
Turkey failed to implement most anti-corruption recommendations: 2020 report
A report recently released by the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption group, the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), has revealed that Turkey had failed...
Gülen movement group says Turkey’s revived death probes shield perpetrators
A US umbrella group for organizations inspired by the late Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen on Monday accused Turkey’s government of reviving investigations into deaths...
Pro-gov’t media outlets least trusted in Turkey, according to global report
A report by Oxford University’s Reuters Institute has revealed that pro-government media outlets in Turkey, which are frequently criticized for acting as the propaganda...
Rights activists struggle to keep Yusuf Bilge Tunç on the agenda 5 years into...
Turkish human rights activists on Wednesday took to the social media platform X to draw attention to Yusuf Bilge Tunç, a former public sector...
Gülen followers investigated for applying to become election observers in 2015
Real and alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, who have been facing a wide range of charges for several years, are this time...
Turkish court rejects Kavala’s release and retrial despite ECtHR ruling
A Turkish court has rejected jailed philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala’s requests for release and retrial despite a binding European Court of Human Rights...
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