Turkey’s earthquake survivors rescue belongings for uncertain future
“We don’t know when we’ll be able to come back,” said Bilal Jawir as he finished loading a van with his family’s things and...
Turkish police tear-gas women protesting domestic violence
Turkish police on Thursday fired tear gas at hundreds of women protesting in İstanbul against male violence, Agence France-Presse reported.
The protesters held banners saying...
Former beauty queen detained for allegedly insulting the Turkish president
Turkish authorities detained former beauty queen Banu Öztürk on Tuesday on allegations of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, the Cumhuriyet daily...
UN rights chief calls on parties to resolve migrant crisis on Belarus-Poland border
UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has called on Belarus and Poland to resolve the migrant crisis on their border, where large numbers...
Turkey detains 60, including doctors and civil servants, over Gülen links
Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained 60 people, including civil servants and doctors, in two operations across multiple provinces as part of an ongoing crackdown...
Turkish rights group İHD calls for recognition of Yazidi massacre as genocide
Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) has issued a statement calling on countries that have not yet recognized the mass killings of Yazidis by the Islamic State...
Sexually harassed underage female employee told by boss to ‘get used to it’
A female high school student who was allegedly subjected to sexual harassment while working at a logistics firm in İstanbul was told by her...
President of Turkey’s top court says rights rulings must be enforced as complaints top...
The Turkish Constitutional Court has received more than 739,000 individual rights complaints since 2012, the court's president said Monday, warning that constitutional protections have...
Turkey’s top court says teacher barred from working under post-coup decree suffered rights violations
The Turkish Constitutional Court has ruled that a teacher who was barred from working under an emergency decree in the aftermath of a 2016...
Claims of medical trials on inmates as they receive no-name tablets
Yasin Solmaz, a former Turkish Air Force officer, said in a letter to his lawyer that he and 43 other inmates who contracted COVID-19...
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