Turkey jails opposition politician ahead of critical vote returning İstanbul district to AKP
Amine Cansu Çelik, a former ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) politician who later became an opposition city council member in İstanbul’s Üsküdar district,...
Joint letter calls for release of 48 people arrested over May Day demonstrations
More than 100 individuals well known in Turkish society have called for the release of 48 people who were arrested earlier this month after...
CoE called on to investigate gross rights violations suffered by women due to Ankara’s...
A rights group on International Women’s Day called for an investigation into rights violations suffered by women due to a crackdown by the Turkish...
Turkey probes 22 for espionage over alleged searches involving Erdoğan in financial database
A former senior official at Turkey’s Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) is among 22 people under investigation over alleged unauthorized activity in the agency’s...
Appeals court in SE Turkey upholds sentences of 58 Kurdish politicians accused of ‘terrorism’
An appeals court in the southeast Turkish province of Gaziantep has upheld prison sentences previously handed down to 58 Kurdish politicians, including former executives...
PACE president recalls importance of dialogue during visit to Turkey
Rik Daems, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), recalled the importance of dialogue to overcome challenges during a visit...
PACE urges Turkey to end repression of LGBTQ+ people, rights defenders
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has called on Turkey to end what it described as repression of LGBTQ+ people and...
Bodies of last 5 miners retrieved 4 months after landslide in eastern Turkey
The bodies of five miners who were among nine buried in a landslide at a gold mine in Turkey’s eastern Erzincan province in February...
US religious freedom commission recommends placing Turkey on special watch list for severe violations
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended that the State Department place Turkey on its special watch list based on the...
Former European rights judge says Turkey’s blanket ban on T24 news site violates free...
Former European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judge Rıza Türmen has said Turkey’s decision to block access to the entire website of the T24...
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