Turkish police continue to detain people for singing Kurdish songs
Turkish police have detained five people for singing Kurdish-language songs at a wedding in the central province of Osmaniye, the Yeni Yaşam news website reported on...
Top court rules lengthy interim injunction violated citizen’s right to property
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a citizen’s right to own or inherit property was violated due to a lengthy interim injunction on his...
Arresting Kurds over songs played at weddings is abuse of power: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized Turkey for arresting dozens of Kurds at wedding parties for singing or dancing to political folk songs, calling it...
Pro-Kurdish party member abducted, tortured by men posing as police: report
Celalettin Yalçın, a member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was abducted and subjected to torture by individuals who introduced themselves as “the...
152 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in September: report
A total of 152 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in September, according to a monthly report by the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG).
Three...
Top court says travel ban violated peace academic’s rights
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has said a travel ban imposed on one of the academics who were dismissed from their jobs for signing a peace...
Detention of Turkish journalist amounts to legal harassment: Coalition for Women in Journalism
The detention of Turkish journalist Pınar Gayıp is part of a broader pattern of legal harassment aimed at silencing the press, the Coalition For...
Turkey Tribunal: 2016 coup was a ‘gift from God’ for gov’t to purge independent...
The judges of the Turkey Tribunal, a civil society-led, symbolic international tribunal established to adjudicate recent human rights violations in Turkey, on Wednesday heard...
Turkey denied parole for over 8,521 inmates since 2021, targeting political prisoners
Turkey's Ministry of Justice revealed that 8,521 inmates have been denied release by prison administration and oversight boards since 2021, sparking debate over alleged...
Pregnant woman unlawfully arrested in Antalya for aiding families of post-coup victims
A pregnant woman was unlawfully arrested on September 30 in Turkey's southern Antalya province for helping the families of individuals targeted by a post-coup...
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