78 post-coup purge victims or their family members have died by suicide since 2016:...
A report drafted by Rafet Irmak and Aziz Yıldırım, two former academics purged by the Turkish government after a failed coup in 2016, reveals...
Turkey sees 80 percent rise in adolescent suicide rates: UNICEF
Adolescent suicide rates in Turkey surged by 80 percent between 2018 and 2022, one of the steepest increases globally, according to a recent UNICEF...
More than 349,000 websites banned in Turkey in last 5 years
A total of 349,763 websites were banned in Turkey between 2016 and 2020, according to the 2020 annual report of the Freedom of Expression...
Trial for murder of 3 members of Kurdish family starts
A Turkish court has begun the trial for the murder of three members of the Kurdish Şenyaşar family, who were allegedly killed by people...
Turkey orders detention of 20 over alleged Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 20 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to Turkish media reports.
As part...
European Parliament subcommittee hears findings of Turkey Tribunal
The European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights on Monday heard Johan Vande Lanotte, a professor of law at the University of Ghent, present the...
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...
Turkey blocks 41 social media accounts for ‘disinformation’ in Iran war posts
Turkey has imposed access restrictions on 41 social media accounts and removed 75 pieces of online content over what a senior official described as...
294 women killed by men, 297 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...
At least 294 women were murdered by men in Turkey in 2025, while 297 more died under suspicious circumstances, according to an annual report released on...
Turkish court hands down reduced sentence to femicide perpetrator
A man who fatally shot his daughter-in-law received a reduced prison sentence on the grounds that he had been “provoked,” once again drawing criticism...
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