Turkey’s top court orders gov’t to pay damages to complainant accused of Gülen ties
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of an applicant who claimed he had suffered torture and inhumane treatment during his detention on charges...
ECtHR rules Turkey violated rights of dozens detained over alleged Gülen links
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of 117 individuals who were held in pretrial detention in...
Turkey has the fewest number of doctors per capita in Europe: Eurostat
Turkey, where more and more doctors are moving abroad due to poor working conditions and acts of violence, has the fewest number of doctors...
Sexual abuse in detention on the rise in Turkey: rights groups
Women and transwomen in Turkey are often mistreated during police raids and in detention, especially by the country’s security forces, according a statement issued...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violation in arrest of pro-opposition TV editor
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the 2023 arrest of journalist Merdan Yanardağ, editor-in-chief of the pro-opposition Tele1 TV station, violated his rights, the...
Turkey investigates journalist over alleged disclosure of confidential state report
Turkish prosecutors have opened an investigation into a journalist over the alleged disclosure of a confidential state report in a 2022 article, following a...
Woman put under house arrest over alleged insult of Erdoğan
A Turkish court has placed a woman under house arrest for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a street interview in İstanbul, Turkish...
Minority and Refugee Rights in Turkey: 2021 in Review
Minorities and refugees in Turkey continued to suffer from rights violations, hate speech and attacks throughout the year. President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and his...
Exiled journalist establishes publishing house to print books banned in Turkey
Can Dündar, a Turkish journalist living in exile, has said a publishing house has been established in Germany to print books that have been...
Jailed İstanbul mayor calls for boycott of pro-gov’t businesses
İstanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, has urged citizens to participate in a boycott of businesses and media organizations linked to the ruling Justice and...
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