31 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in August
Thirty-one women were murdered by men in Turkey in August, while 20 died under suspicious circumstances, according to data from the Bianet news website.
Among the...
Turkey puts 11 on trial for LGBT ‘obscenity’
Eleven leaders of a Turkish LGBT rights group went on trial Wednesday on charges of “obscenity” and “violating the protection of the family,” Agence...
Turkey-based rights group received 155 complaints from high-security prisons in past 20 months: report
The Human Rights Association (İHD) has announced in a new report that in all of 2022 and the first eight months of 2023 it...
Turkish court sentences 3 journalists over TV commentary
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced three journalists over remarks made on a television program, convicting them on charges of spreading disinformation and violating...
Journalist indicted on charges of insulting Erdoğan due to criticism on TV
Turkish prosecutors have indicted a journalist on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan due to his criticism of the president on TV, Turkish...
Former governor arrested in probe into disappearance of Kurdish student
A Turkish court has jailed former Tunceli governor Tuncay Sonel on charges including evidence tampering in a long-running investigation into the 2020 disappearance of...
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog imposes program ban, fine on pro-opposition Halk TV
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s government regulator for broadcasting, has imposed a five-time program ban as well as an upper limit...
European institutions raise alarm over local democracy in Turkey in joint letter
Representatives from several major European institutions have sent a rare joint letter to Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi, expressing concern over the state of local democracy,...
Turkey arrests 2 teenagers for denigrating religious values, sentences one for insulting Atatürk
A Turkish court in Aydın has ruled to arrest two teenagers out of three who were detained on allegations of denigrating the public’s religious...
Daughter of Turkish officer jailed on 2016 coup charges faced discrimination at school, abandoned...
The daughter of a Turkish military officer jailed over alleged links to a 2016 coup attempt was denied recognition as her school’s top student...
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