Turkey orders detention of 19 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities on Wednesday ordered the detention of 19 individuals across eight provinces in an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run...
Kurdish human rights advocate sentenced to prison in Turkey on terrorism charges
A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced Kurdish lawyer and human rights advocate Suna Bilgin to more than six years in prison on terrorism-related charges,...
Turkish authorities detain 160 more people over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish authorities have detained 160 people over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in the last two weeks, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced...
Turkey’s prison population continue to surge, operating at 42 percent over capacity
Turkey’s prison population has climbed to 433,543, exceeding official capacity by 42 percent, according to a report by the Civil Society in the Penal System (CISST), a...
Human rights groups say closure of LGBTQ+ association violates freedoms, further pressures civil society...
Thirty human rights organizations have condemned a Turkish court’s decision to shut down the Young LGBTQ+ Association, saying the ruling violates the freedoms of...
European rights court says Turkey violated inmates family life rights
Turkey violated a prisoner’s right to family life by refusing to move him to a prison closer to his family without properly assessing the...
NASA scientist jailed in Turkey over a dollar bill recounts 3 years in prison
Turkish-American NASA scientist Serkan Gölge on Saturday recounted the nearly three years he spent in prison in Turkey following a coup attempt in 2016...
Turkish court sentences ex-AKP lawmaker for insulting Erdoğan, orders release under travel ban
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced Hüseyin Kocabıyık, a former lawmaker from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), to more than two years...
ECtHR questions Turkey over lawyer’s intimate body search while visiting her client in prison
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has asked the Turkish government to clarify the legal grounds for an intimate body search conducted on...
Turkey accused of targeting Uyghur refugees as ties with China improve: HRW
Turkish authorities have arbitrarily labeled Uyghur refugees as security threats, detained them and deported some to third countries where they face the risk of...
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