Critically ill Turkish inmate loses ability to speak 2 months after request for release...
A 72-year-old Turkish inmate serving a prison sentence for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement has lost his ability to speak, two months...
2.7 million people remain displaced in Turkey following devastating quakes: UNICEF
Around 2.7 million people remain internally displaced in Turkey following devastating earthquakes that hit the south of the country in early February, UNICEF Turkey...
Counterterrorism measures increasingly diverging from human rights standards, UN special rapporteur warns
Efforts to improve counterterrorism measures around the world are damaging human rights and the rule of law, a UN expert told the UN General...
International jurist groups call for justice in murder case of Kurdish human rights lawyer
A total of 33 NGOs from across the world have released a joint statement concerning the trial concerning the murder of prominent human rights...
Impossible to sustain Turkey’s cooperation on refugees with EU’s financial support alone: report
A recently published paper by a prominent German think tank on Turkey’s partnership with the European Union said it is not possible to ensure...
Turkish Red Crescent official faces backlash over video targeting working women
The head of the Turkish Red Crescent branch in Kayseri province sparked a backlash after sharing a video urging President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to...
Police storm city hall, detain 127 as Turkey removes another Kurdish mayor from office
The Turkish government removed a Kurdish mayor from office in the eastern province of Van following a terrorism conviction, appointing the governor as trustee...
Most religion-based hate crimes in Turkey targeted Alevis, Christians in 2022: report
Alevis and Christians were targeted in the vast majority of religion-based hate crimes recorded in Turkey in 2022, according to a report by the...
Turkish court sends parents of 6 to prison on Gülen charges conviction
A Turkish couple on Saturday was arrested and sent to prison to serve sentences for conviction of links to the Gülen movement, leaving their...
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