Turkish court keeps 13 in pretrial detention as indictment filed over protest in support...
A Turkish court has ordered the continued pretrial detention of 13 young protesters who were detained during a demonstration earlier this month in support...
İstanbul’s popular opposition mayor faces fresh trial
İstanbul’s popular opposition mayor went on trial Thursday on fresh corruption charges that could further cloud his hopes of succeeding President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Police disperse Ankara train station bombing mourners, 22 detained
Turkish police on Sunday dispersed people who had gathered in Ankara’s Ulus district to commemorate the victims of a 2015 terrorist attack near the...
Turkish businessman jailed again 2 weeks after acquittal in Gülen-linked case
Turkish businessman Taner Nakıboğlu has been jailed again over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, just two weeks after a court acquitted him...
Gülen movement group says Turkey’s revived death probes shield perpetrators
A US umbrella group for organizations inspired by the late Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen on Monday accused Turkey’s government of reviving investigations into deaths...
Turkish rights groups call on Russia to end invasion of Ukraine
The Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV/HRFT) have in a joint statement called on Russia to immediately end...
Turkey’s peace process has not eliminated risk of torture for Kurdish asylum seeker, German...
The ongoing peace process aimed at ending Turkey’s decades-long conflict with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) did not eliminate the risk of torture...
Turkey records 3 femicides within a day
Three women across Turkey were killed within a 24-hour period by men from whom they were divorcing or separating, the Evrensel newspaper reported on...
Turkey arrests 24 over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish authorities have arrested 24 suspects and placed 26 others under judicial supervision over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish media reported.
Investigators...
Police violence during protests over İstanbul mayor’s arrest ‘may amount to torture’: Amnesty
Amnesty International has urged Turkish authorities to investigate alleged human rights violations by police during mass protests in March, some of which “may amount...
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