PACE co-rapporteurs call on Turkey to implement ECtHR rulings following visit to Kavala in...
The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have called on Turkey to implement European...
PACE committee urges action against transnational repression, reveals Turkey’s tactics
Unanimously adopting a draft resolution on May 23 based on a report by Christopher Chope (United Kingdom, EC/DA), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s...
Turkish prosecutor demands a total of 335 years in prison for 14 Boğaziçi students
A Turkish prosecutor is seeking a total of 335 years in prison for 14 students who took part in protests against the government-appointed rector...
Housing crisis at the door as property prices spike in Turkey
Economists are expressing concern about an impending housing crisis in Turkey as the price of real estate soars, the Birgün daily reported.
According to a recent...
69.3 percent of Turks struggling to pay for food: poll
The majority of people in Turkey are struggling to pay for food as the rising cost of living has been eating into their incomes,...
Turkish gendarmes assault lawyer for speaking in Kurdish with clients
Gendarmes in southeast Turkey verbally and physically assaulted lawyer Ahmet Atış for speaking in Kurdish with clients, the Mezopotamya news agency reported on Friday.
The...
CPJ calls on Turkey to investigate attacks on journalists during recent elections and treat...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkish authorities to investigate multiple incidents of journalists being attacked or obstructed from reporting during the country’s...
Turkey’s RTÜK fines TV channel for insulting pro-gov’t foundation
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed a fine on pro-opposition broadcaster Halk TV on the grounds that it...
Number of people on Turkey’s extradition list from Sweden has risen to 42: Swedish...
Turkish authorities have expanded the list of people, the majority of them political dissidents, whose extradition is demanded from Sweden, increasing the number from...
759 children under 6 live in Turkish prisons as incarceration rates soar
Turkish prisons currently house 3,690 children aged 12 to 18, including 165 girls. In addition, 759 children under the age of 6 live with...
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