Turkish YouTubers freed after conviction for joke about the Prophet Muhammad
An İstanbul court on Friday sentenced a YouTube host and his guest to seven months in prison but ordered their release due to time...
Alevi associations refuse to pay high energy bills for cemevis, charged as ‘businesses’
The Federation of Alevi Associations has announced that they refuse to pay high electricity bills for cemevis, Alevi places of worship, which are considered...
Turkish police detain 8 Kurdish artists in Van and Diyarbakır provinces
Turkish police detained eight Kurdish musicians and theater actors in Diyarbakır and Van provinces on Saturday over plays they have staged in Kurdish.
According to a...
My imprisonment is an act of political vengeance: Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu
“My imprisonment is the result of authorities taking revenge for my standing up against human rights violations in Turkey,” said Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a...
Turkey detains 22 from İstanbul’s Şile Municipality amid crackdown on main opposition
Turkish prosecutors have detained 22 people from a district municipality in Istanbul run by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) as part of...
Police disperse Ankara train station bombing mourners, 22 detained
Turkish police on Sunday dispersed people who had gathered in Ankara’s Ulus district to commemorate the victims of a 2015 terrorist attack near the...
Turkey ordered detention of 115 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 115 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to local...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2022. Authoritarianism continued to gain ground...
Turkish journalist faces 12 years in prison for announcing personal data leak
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of 12 years for journalist İbrahim Haskoloğlu, who was briefly detained in April after announcing that hackers...
Mother of 19-month-old sent to prison with her toddler over Gülen links
Rukiye Güler, a homemaker with three children, was sent to prison to serve a six-year, three month sentence for alleged links to the Gülen...
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