Syrian human rights activist goes missing in İstanbul
A Syrian human rights activist who has been living in Turkey since 2013 has been missing since Nov. 27, Turkish Minute reported, citing the...
ECtHR faults Turkey again for pretrial detention of 366 people over Gülen links
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has once again faulted Turkey over the arrest and pretrial detention of 366 people following a failed...
Turkey’s ex-VP says journalist who accused him of accepting $50 mln in bribes is...
Fuat Oktay, Turkey’s former vice president and current ruling party MP, on Wednesday denied allegations that he received $50 million in bribes from a...
Turkish citizens ranked second among asylum seekers in Germany in 2023
People holding a Turkish passport were the second largest group seeking asylum in Germany in 2023, with more than 62,000 Turkish citizens lodging asylum...
Six inmates died in Central Anatolia prisons in three months: report
Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) has released a report on alleged rights violations in prisons located in the Central Anatolia region, which detailed more...
Doctor classifies work-related death of quarry worker as ‘heart attack’
A doctor of forensic medicine reported the work-related death of İsmail Taran, a 49-year-old quarry worker, as death from a heart attack, Veryansın TV...
Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: 2023 in Review
The Gülen movement is a worldwide civic initiative rooted in the spiritual and humanistic tradition of Islam and inspired by the ideas of Fethullah...
CoE anti-torture committee visits Turkey
A delegation from the Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out...
ARTICLE 19, IPI and RSF: Zaman columnists, journalists must be acquitted in political trial
International organisations for press freedom ARTICLE 19, the International Press Institute (IPI) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have repeated their call for all defendants...
Hrant Dink’s convicted killer exposes alleged state support in murder
Ogün Samast, the convicted murderer of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, has claimed that he was told before carrying out the act that there would...
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