Turkish man who threatened ex-wife and daughter with murder is released, sparking public alarm
A man who threatened to kill his ex-wife and daughter by sending them images of a recent femicide in Istanbul has been released under...
Photographs of deputy police inspector who died in prison quarantine show criminal neglect
Photos of former deputy policy inspector Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu, 44, who died in a quarantine cell in prison on August 29, have been revealed by...
ECtHR soon to announce decision on Turkish teacher convicted of Gülen links
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will on Sept. 26 announce its ruling on Yüksel Yalçınkaya, a Turkish teacher...
Turkey has prosecuted some 1,600 lawyers, arrested 615 since failed coup: report
Turkey has prosecuted more than 1,600 attorneys and arrested 615 of them on terrorism charges since a failed coup in 2016, Turkish Minute reported,...
Lawyer rearrested days after release from prison in Turkey
Metin Can Yılmaz, a Turkish human rights lawyer who was sentenced to over 12 years in prison on alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
17 minors died, 192 rights violations recorded in eastern and southeastern Turkey over the...
Seventeen minors lost their lives and at least 192 child rights violations were recorded in eastern and southeastern Turkey over the past year, the...
Pro-Erdoğan daily targets yet another journalist in exile, reveals his home address
A pro-government daily has published a secretly taken photo of an investigative Turkish journalist living in exile in Sweden and revealed his home address...
650,000 people still living in container cities in Turkey 2 years after powerful earthquakes
Nearly 650,000 people are still living in container cities two years after powerful earthquakes struck 11 provinces in southern and southeastern Turkey on February...
Another family calls on Turkish authorities to release ailing loved one from prison
The wife of a former teacher who was imprisoned for alleged links to the Gülen movement called on authorities to release her husband, saying...
Kurdish journalist indicted for attending memorial of colleagues killed in drone strike
A Turkish prosecutor has indicted Kurdish journalist Ceylan Şahinli for attending a commemoration for two colleagues killed in a Turkish drone strike in 2024,...
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