19 Afghan migrants, including baby, die after boat sinks off Turkey
Nineteen Afghan migrants, including a baby, died after an inflatable dinghy sank in the Aegean Sea off southwestern Turkey on Wednesday, Agence France-Presse reported,...
Kurdish elective course enrollment hits record high in Turkey as barriers remain
Nearly 60,000 students in Turkey have enrolled in Kurdish elective courses in middle schools this year, a record high that reflects growing interest in...
Turkish prisons at 16 percent overcapacity: report
Turkish prisons are holding 49,518 more prisoners than their overall capacity, Bold Medya reported, citing the latest data from the Directorate General of Prisons...
Rule of Law(lessness) in Erdoğan’s Turkey: Violation of the principle of legality and no...
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This report focuses on how the criminal prosecutions and trials conducted on charges of terrorism since a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016...
Democracy and human rights continue to decline in Turkey as Erdoğan’s autocracy deepens: report
Democracy and human rights in Turkey are deteriorating as the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan operates without effective checks, with press freedom shrinking...
Activists arrested for protesting Erdoğan’s Israel trade file complaints alleging ill-treatment
Nine pro-Palestinian activists, recently held in pretrial detention for several days for protesting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over Turkey’s alleged ongoing trade with Israel,...
Turkey detains 12 musicians who performed during pro-Kurdish party’s election campaign
Twelve musicians who performed during the election campaign of the pro-Kurdish Green Left Party (YSP) were detained on Wednesday in Turkey’s western province of...
Syrian students promised high school education by Turkish gov’t-linked NPO sent back home
Syrian students who were promised a high school education in Turkey by a Turkish non-profit organization have been stripped of their scholarships and sent...
Inmate suffering from cancer to return to prison after major surgery
Gülden Aşık, a woman jailed on conviction of links to the Gülen movement who recently underwent surgery for thyroid cancer, is about to return...
European legal body condemns Turkey’s crackdown on İstanbul Bar Association
The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) on Thursday condemned judicial proceedings against the İstanbul Bar Association, its president İbrahim Kaboğlu...
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