23 detained during Pride Month events in Turkey, says TİHV
The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) has released a report detailing human rights violations during Pride Month events, noting that a total of...
PACE refers to jailed pro-Kurdish party MPs as ‘political prisoners’
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), of which Turkey is a member, has passed a resolution referring the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic...
Houses built for Turkey’s earthquake victims is a fraction of what Erdoğan promised
In the year and a half since two powerful earthquakes hit Turkey, authorities have built and handed over to their owners 76,000 new residences,...
Turkish Embassy in Indonesia spied on critics of Erdoğan
The Turkish diplomatic mission in Indonesia engaged in a campaign of intelligence gathering and collected information on the activities of critics of Turkish President...
Kurdish politicians detained in eastern Turkey
Turkish police have detained Veysi Dilekçi and Gülşen Kurt, provincial co-chairs of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democracy and Equality Party (DEM Party), along with several...
Pro-gov’t daily admits ‘fake’ reports of attack on headscarved woman by Gezi protestors
The radical Islamist, pro-government Yeni Akit newspaper has admitted in a report that claims of a physical attack on a headscarf-wearing woman on the...
Turkish broadcasting watchdog targets street interviews for alleged misinformation
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has announced that it is keeping a close eye on street interviews for allegedly...
Inmate with late stage cancer taken to emergency ward after condition worsens
Yusuf Özmen, a stage 4 cancer patient who remains in prison despite a medical report saying he is almost totally disabled, was taken to...
Education should focus on instilling religious values, not knowledge, says former chief of Turkish...
Former chief of Turkish General Staff Hulusi Akar sparked criticism after saying that the purpose of education is to instill a fear of God...
Turkish government to set up directorate to inspect social media posts for disinformation
The “Social Media Directorate,” a body that would inspect social media posts for disinformation, will be established under a new law to be proposed...
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