Ankara Bar under investigation for alleging homophobic remarks by Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate president
The Turkish Ministry of Justice has ordered an investigation into the president and board members of the Ankara Bar Association for "offending the values...
Inmates subjected to mistreatment in Diyarbakır prisons: report
A recent report jointly prepared by two Turkish human rights organizations has revealed that inmates were subjected to strip-searches, insults and battery in prisons...
295 detained, 61 arrested in a month as part of crackdown on HDP
Nuray Özdoğan, co-spokesperson for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) law and human rights commissions, has said 295 people were detained and 61 were...
US Rep. Pascrell slams decision to drop charges against Turkish president’s bodyguards
The rule of law must take precedence over political expediency in the case against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s bodyguards, said US Rep. Bill Pascrell,...
Far-right presidential candidate criticized for downplaying China’s repression of Uyghurs
Sinan Oğan, a far-right presidential candidate representing a bloc of four parties, is experiencing a backlash for suggesting that China’s treatment of its Uyghur...
Woman calls for release of stage 4 cancer patient husband from jail
The wife of 42-year-old teacher Özgür Doğan, who was arrested due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement, has called for the immediate...
Journalist detained at Ankara airport over earthquake coverage
Journalist Fırat Bulut, from the Yeşil Gazete news website, was detained at the airport in Ankara on Thursday over his coverage of recent earthquakes...
European rights court orders Turkey to compensate owner of shut-down Kurdish daily
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ordered Turkey to compensate the owner of a Kurdish newspaper that was shut down in...
Pro-Erdoğan journalist tracked Turkish political dissidents while using fake name and address in Denmark
Abdurrahman Şimşek, news coordinator for the Sabah newspaper, which is aligned with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has been "mapping" political dissidents from...
Turkish court ignores European rights court’s Demirtaş judgement
The Turkish criminal court that convicted Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), for a speech he made on...
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