Front Line Defenders calls on Turkey to stop harassment of rights defenders in quake...
Front Line Defenders has called on Turkish authorities to stop the violence, legal harassment, arbitrary arrests and threats against human rights defenders in the...
Turkish court sentences academic to over 6 years in pro-Kurdish HDK-linked terrorism case
A Turkish court on Friday sentenced academic Berfin Azdal to more than six years in prison on terrorism-related charges in a case linked to...
ILO to provide $3.6 million for workers in Turkey, Syria affected by quakes
The International Labour Organization (ILO) will provide $3.6 million in direct support to workers and their families affected by devastating earthquakes that struck southern...
Turkish lawmaker alleges abuse of inmates at high-security prison, urges investigation
A Turkish opposition lawmaker has said inmates at a high-security prison in eastern Turkey are facing systematic abuse including threats, denial of hot water...
Turkish journalists attacked by relatives of drug trafficking suspects
Four journalists were attacked on Friday by relatives of drug trafficking suspects outside a courthouse in the southwestern Turkish province of Aydın, local media...
Turkey returns opposition mayor and former city planner to prison despite serious health concerns
A Turkish court has returned two high-profile detainees — opposition mayor of Istanbul’s Beylikdüzü district Mehmet Murat Çalık and former Istanbul city planner Tayfun...
UN documents 441 migrant deaths in central Mediterranean in three months
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has documented 441 migrant deaths in the central Mediterranean in the first quarter of 2023.
According to the IOM’s Missing Migrants Project,...
Turkey to sell Boydak family’s textile giant Boyteks seized after 2016 coup attempt
Turkey’s state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has put Boyteks Tekstil, one of the country’s largest textile manufacturers, previously owned by the Boydak family,...
Int’l rights groups call for release of detained Kurdish journalists, political activists in Turkey
International media freedom and human rights organizations have called on Turkish authorities to stop their “systematic harassment and intimidation of Kurdish journalists, media workers,...
Calls grow for release of columnist Ali Ünal as he nears 10 years in...
Calls for the release of Ali Ünal, a theologian and former columnist for the now-closed Zaman daily, have intensified as he approaches a decade...
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