Pro-Erdoğan journalist tracked Turkish political dissidents while using fake name and address in Denmark
Abdurrahman Şimşek, news coordinator for the Sabah newspaper, which is aligned with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has been "mapping" political dissidents from...
21 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in April
A total of 21 women in Turkey were murdered by men last month, while 23 died under suspicious circumstances, according to data from the We Will...
Turkish inspectors question children over religion classes and alleged insults of president
Government inspectors in western Turkey removed children as young as 9 from classrooms and questioned them about religion lessons and possible insults of President...
73 journalists appeared in court in 3rd quarter, 68 remain behind bars: report
A total of 73 journalists appeared in court in 51 trials in Turkey from July to September, while the number of journalists in jail...
Erdoğan likens LGBT community to ‘plague’ at his party’s youth wing congress
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan referred to LGBT individuals as a “plague” during a speech at the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) Youth...
Human rights watchdogs call for the immediate release of Osman Kavala
Three human rights organizations urged the immediate release of Osman Kavala, a Turkish businessman and rights defender, in a third-party intervention with the European...
Municipal staff, CHP provincial chairman among 29 detained in continuing crackdown on main opposition
Turkish police on Monday detained 29 people, including municipal staff and the western province of Uşak’s provincial head of the main opposition Republican People’s...
Trustees appointed to municipalities upon Erdoğan’s instructions, interior minister says
Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said trustees in municipalities in Kurdish-majority southeastern Turkey were appointed by his ministry upon instructions from President Recep Tayyip...
Turkish Alzheimer’s patient jailed over Gülen links returned to prison despite deteriorating health
İbrahim Güngör, a 73-year-old man suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s disease who was hospitalized on July 25 after contracting an infection, has been returned to...
Poverty stemming from pandemic continues to worsen among Turkey’s Roma people
A report drafted by the Roma Memory Studies Association (Romani Godi) reveals how the poverty that increased during the COVID-19 pandemic deepened the rights violations against...
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