Another purged public servant feared abducted by Turkish intelligence
Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit, a former civil servant who was dismissed from his job by a government decree, has been missing since December 29, his...
Turkey-backed armed groups detain, extort civilians in Syria: HRW
Turkey-backed Syrian factions that once fought against the government of Bashar al-Assad continue to detain, abuse and extort civilians in northern Syria, Turkish Minute...
Inmates in Turkish prisons continue hunger strike despite deteriorating health
Two inmates in Turkish prisons staging hunger strikes said they would continue their protests despite their health having deteriorated considerably, the Duvar news website...
Turkey jails opposition politician ahead of critical vote returning İstanbul district to AKP
Amine Cansu Çelik, a former ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) politician who later became an opposition city council member in İstanbul’s Üsküdar district,...
Journalists’ associations to stage demonstrations in 5 provinces protesting arrest of 16 Kurdish journalists
Two journalist organizations will organize demonstrations on Friday in five Turkish provinces protesting the arrest of 16 Kurdish journalists on June 16, the Bianet...
21 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in February
Twenty-one women were murdered by men in Turkey in February, while 16 died under suspicious circumstances, Turkish Minute reported, citing a monthly report from a leading...
PACE monitors express serious concern about the future of democracy in Turkey
Mounting political pressure and judicial harassment aimed at weakening Turkey’s main opposition threaten the country’s democratic future, the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey...
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...
Former police officer dismissed over Gülen links dies after months in intensive care
Mustafa Tarımcı, a former police officer dismissed by an emergency decree over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement after a 2016 coup attempt...
Turkey’s top court denies release of former colonel suffering from advanced stage MS
Mustafa Özcan Çay, a former staff colonel convicted on coup charges, was denied release from prison by Turkey’s Constitutional Court despite his inability to...
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