State-run dorm evicts 15 female students for participating in Istanbul protests
A state-run dormitory in Turkey's Mersin province has evicted 15 female students allegedly involved in nationwide protests against the detention and arrest of Istanbul...
Prosecutors launch investigation into DEM Party members over Kurdish anthem
The Şırnak Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into 13 members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) for...
Turkish authorities detain 93 people in a week over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish authorities have detained 93 people over the past week for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on...
Municipal staff, CHP provincial chairman among 29 detained in continuing crackdown on main opposition
Turkish police on Monday detained 29 people, including municipal staff and the western province of Uşak’s provincial head of the main opposition Republican People’s...
Rights group says Ankara police using threats, deception to recruit informants: report
Police and intelligence officers in the Turkish capital of Ankara have used threats, deception and off-the-books interrogations since 2023 to pressure students, activists and...
Human Rights Violations and Negligence: Feb. 2023 Earthquakes
On February 6, magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes affected 11 provinces in Turkey’s south and southeast, killing more than 50,000 people and leaving millions homeless. The devastating...
6 Turkish police officers indicted for torturing detainees
İstanbul prosecutors have indicted six police officers on charges of torturing three people in their custody in 2022, the T24 news website reported.
The detainees...
Ankara to reject UK plan for Afghan refugee center in Turkey
The Turkish government will reject a UK plan to establish an asylum processing center for Afghan refugees in Turkey, the foreign ministry said in...
Colonel suffering from multiple conditions not released despite health report
Mustafa Barış Avıalan, a former staff colonel sentenced to life imprisonment on coup charges, has not been released by a court despite health reports...
CPJ calls on Turkey to release all jailed journalists, stop interfering with press ahead...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkey to immediately release all journalists and media workers imprisoned for their work and stop interfering with...
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