Exiled Turkish journalist attacked in Stockholm suburb

Swedish-based Turkish journalist Abdullah Bozkurt was attacked yesterday near his home in Stockholm, Nordic Monitor reported. Bozkurt and his team of journalists in Sweden run the...

İstanbul mayor files criminal complaint over death threat on social media

İstanbul’s popular mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, has filed a criminal complaint over a death threat made against him on social media, his lawyer has announced. Kemal...

Germany, France demand immediate release of activist Kavala ahead of Gezi retrial

Representatives of the German and French governments have called on Turkey to immediately release prominent businessman and human rights activist Osman Kavala, who has...

More than 100 students detained at Boğaziçi University amid protests against crackdown on LGBT...

The arrest of two Boğaziçi University students over a poster that depicted LGBT rainbow symbols alongside an image of the Kaaba in Mecca has...

Turkish authorities yet to start investigation into disappearance of purged public servant after 15...

A prosecutor still has not been assigned to investigate the case of Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit, a former civil servant who went missing 15 days...

125 detained, 3 arrested for disseminating terrorist propaganda on social media

Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç announced on Wednesday that 125 people have been detained on accusations of disseminating terrorist propaganda on social media, while...

İstanbul bar files complaint against judge who refused to release jailed MP

The İstanbul Bar Association has filed a complaint against the judge of a high criminal court who refused to release a jailed opposition lawmaker from prison...

Turkish singer Mabel Matiz faces up to 3 years in prison over ‘obscene’ song...

Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment seeking a prison sentence of up to three years for pop singer and songwriter Mabel Matiz on charges...

Inmates in Turkish prisons complain of lack of heating and inadequate amount of food

Amid an economic downturn inmates in Turkish prisons have complained that new austerity measures introduced by the government in June have resulted in a...

Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders in Turkey: 2023 in Review

The situation of human rights defenders in Turkey has significantly deteriorated since a coup attempt in July 2016, with the HRDs subjected to judicial...
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