Family of 14-year-old Kurd pressured by district governor to withdraw mistreatment complaint
The family of a 14-year-old Kurdish teenager who has accused police officers of physical assault has been urged by the local district governor to...
81 inmates died in Turkish prisons in 2022: report
At least 81 prisoners in Turkey died in 2022, according to a new publication released by the Purge Museum (Tenkil Müzesi in Turkish), Bold...
Turkey’s top court refuses to annul controversial ‘disinformation law’
In a move that led to disappointment and anger among journalists, Turkey’s top court has refused to annul a controversial media law which press...
European rights court says Turkey violated 4 judges’ right to challenge their dismissal
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled Tuesday that Turkey had violated the rights of four senior judges who were unable to challenge...
Turkey jails 4 border guards for life for torturing Syrian migrants to death
A Turkish court has sentenced four border guards to life in prison for torturing two Syrian migrants to death along the Syrian border in...
Doctor imprisoned on Gülen charges dies of cancer after belated release
Ahmet Rıza Özkan, 42, a doctor imprisoned over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, died on Sunday of cancer after he was released...
Turkey once again ranked among 10 worst countries for working people: ITUC
A yearly report by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) on labor rights has once again ranked Turkey as one of the 10 worst countries in...
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...
Turkish prosecutors seek arrest of 10 opposition municipal officials on terrorism charges
Prosecutors in İstanbul referred 10 senior municipal officials from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) to court for arrest on Thursday following their detention on...
Turkish police who allegedly beat man filing a complaint still on the job
Police officers in Kocaeli province who were accused of beating a man in March are still on the job with no apparent consequences, one...
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