Media worker detained in southeastern Turkey
Kadir Bayram, a cameraman for Piya Productions, was detained in the early hours of Tuesday in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır, the Evrensel daily reported.
According...
Judicial crisis: Top court ruling again ignored after repeated defiance of appeal judges
The decisions of Turkey’s highest court are being systematically disregarded by both the Supreme Court of Appeals and, increasingly, the local courts, deepening the...
RSF lists Turkey among countries targeting journalists for environmental reporting
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Monday listed Turkey as among the countries harassing journalists for covering environmental issues, highlighting the growing risks faced by...
Teen takes own life over father’s imprisonment in post-coup crackdown
A 16-year-old has died by suicide in Turkey’s eastern Diyarbakır province as a result of depression caused by actions of the Turkish government, which,...
Father jailed, mother left to care for disabled child on her own: Gökkaya family’s...
For nearly five years Güldane Gökkaya fed her blind, severely disabled son by syringe, lifted him in and out of bed by herself and...
Journalist gets suspended sentence for depicting Turkish army as collaborating with terrorist groups
A Turkish court has handed down journalist Özlem Gürses a suspended sentence for publicly portraying the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) as an occupying force...
Turkish authorities forcibly deport 300 Eritreans despite high risk of human rights violations: UN...
The Turkish government forcibly deported 300 Eritrean migrants to their home country, where they face a grave risk of human rights violations, according to...
630 days into his disappearance Yusuf Bilge Tunç’s father says no one hears their...
The father of Yusuf Bilge Tunç, who went missing 630 days ago and is feared to have been abducted by Turkish intelligence, said he...
2 pro-Kurdish parties in Turkey to vote ‘no’ on gov’t motion for cross-border operation...
Two pro-Kurdish parties have announced that they will vote against a parliamentary motion extending the government’s mandate to launch cross-border military operations in northern...
Seasonal workers killed in traffic accident in southeastern Turkey’s Urfa province
Three seasonal workers died and 17 others were injured in a traffic accident on Sunday morning in southeastern Urfa province, once again raising concerns...
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