Inmate with throat cancer denied hospital care for 5 months
Prison authorities have failed to take Şehriban Mimkara, an inmate suffering from throat cancer, to the hospital for five months, the Mezopotamya news website...
Exiled journalist reveals deep state-politics relations in Turkey in documentary
Can Dündar, a Turkish journalist and author living in exile, has uncovered shady relations between the deep state and politicians in Turkey based on...
Rights groups accuse Turkey of failing to address torture allegations
A coalition of human rights organizations has accused Turkey of failing to comply with international standards against torture and ill-treatment, according to a new...
Inmate suffering from cancer returned to prison despite report finding him unfit to remain...
Mustafa Aytaç, an inmate battling cancer, has been returned to prison despite a recommendation from Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) that his sentence...
Woman arrested after criticizing Erdoğan for Instagram ban in street interview
A Turkish court has arrested a woman who criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for a recent ban on the Instagram social media network in...
Erdoğan’s son had access blocked to 237 reports, social media posts about him
Bilal Erdoğan, the younger son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has had courts block access to 237 pieces of online content about him,...
Turkey blocks access to report on press freedom
A Turkish court has blocked access to Bianet's Media Monitoring Report, which documents rights violations related to press freedom, the Free Web Turkey platform...
Gülen follower attempting to flee Turkey to avoid prison detained
The authorities in northwest Turkey have detained a former teacher sentenced to prison due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement for attempting...
Turkish prison bans Kurdish language in phone calls with relatives
A prison in the Turkish province of Şırnak has imposed a ban on the use of Kurdish language during phone calls between inmates and...
German Foreign Ministry issues travel alert on Turkey, warns of prosecution for social media...
The German Foreign Ministry issued a travel advisory on Wednesday, warning its citizens about the risks of traveling to Turkey, including the possibility of...
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