Turkey has dismissed 4,562 military personnel in post-coup purge
Turkey has purged 4,562 military personnel from the Turkish Armed Forces since the end of a two-year state of emergency declared after a coup...
Turkish police raid religious group’s main dormitory in İstanbul
Turkish police on Friday raided an İstanbul dormitory run by a religious group known as “Süleymancılar” and who identify themselves as “Süleymanlılar,” which has...
6 inmates held in cells designed for 3 in NW Turkey prisons: NGO
The Association for the Freedom of Lawyers (ÖHD) has published an annual report on prison conditions in Turkey’s northwestern Marmara region, which found that...
Turkey’s post-coup purge makes no exception for children
A post-coup purge in Turkey is continuing to take a huge toll on human life, making no exceptions for children. Mehmet Fatih, Selman, Eymen...
European rights court orders Turkey to free Osman Kavala, says conviction is null and...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ordered Turkey to release imprisoned philanthropist Osman Kavala without delay and said his criminal conviction...
Miner buried in landslide in eastern Turkey laid to rest after 53 days underground
One of nine miners buried under a landslide in Turkey’s eastern Erzincan province in February whose body was finally retrieved after 53 days underground...
Armenians, Syrian refugees and Greeks top list of groups targeted by Turkish media in...
Armenians, Syrian refugees in Turkey and Greeks are at the top of the list of groups targeted with hate speech by the Turkish media...
Turkish comedian rearrested on 2 charges after prosecutor’s appeal
A Turkish court has ordered comedian Deniz Göktaş jailed again on charges of insulting the president and inciting hatred, reversing a decision that had...
Teacher jailed on Gülen links suffering from vision loss, heart disease
Family members and human rights activists have campaigned on social media for the release of Mustafa Seçkin, a history teacher jailed on accusations of...
European rights court slams convictions based on secret witness testimony
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that secret witness testimony, which Turkish courts have accepted as evidence, particularly in the trials...
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