Twitter account of Turkish-American organization linked to Erdoğan suspended for targeting Enes Kanter
Twitter on Thursday suspended the account of the Turkish-American National Steering Committee (TASC), a diaspora organization known for its close ties to Turkey’s president,...
384 prisoners denied parole in Turkey over the last 3 years
Administrative and Observation Boards, review bodies established in Turkish prisons in January 2021, have been delaying the conditional release of prisoners by three to...
Amnesty starts campaign calling on Turkish authorities to investigate enforced disappearance of purged civil...
Amnesty International issued an urgent call for action on Monday for the investigation of the suspected enforced disappearance of Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit, a former...
Turkey detains 44 people on alleged Gülen links
Turkish police have detained 44 people across the country over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Kronos news website reported on...
Police prevent HDP deputy, others from examining destroyed Armenian cemetery in Ankara
Turkish police have prevented opposition lawmaker Garo Paylan along with representatives from the Ankara branch of the Turkish Chamber of Architects from examining the...
Justice remains elusive for victims of police brutality 11 years after Turkey’s Gezi Park...
The families of teenagers Berkin Elvan and Ali İsmail Korkmaz, who were killed due to the disproportionate police response to Turkey’s nationwide 2013 Gezi...
English PEN launches campaign to send solidarity letters to Turkey’s jailed Kurdish leader
English PEN, one of the world’s oldest human rights organizations that champions the freedom to write and the freedom to read, has launched a...
695 child laborers have died in workplace accidents in Turkey in last 11 years:...
At least 695 minors died in workplace accidents in Turkey between 2013 and May of this year, according to a newly released report by...
Jailed journalist Ahmet Böken contracts COVID-19 in prison
Ali Ahmet Böken, 49, a veteran Turkish journalist and prominent broadcaster who has been in prison over alleged links to the Gülen movement since...
Turkey begins trial of 5 former MPs from pro-Kurdish party over Kobani protests
A Turkish court on Tuesday began to hear the trial of five former lawmakers from a pro-Kurdish party over their alleged role in violent...
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