Jailed Kurdish politician faces 43 years in prison on propaganda charges
A new indictment seeks a prison sentence of up to 43 years for a Kurdish politician who was already convicted of terrorism-related charges and...
‘If enacted, even the grandchildren of dissidents will be excluded from public service,’ say...
A new bill presented to parliament by the Turkish government that requires security screening and vetting for job applicants for certain government agencies has...
UN report warns Turkey likely to face serious drought by 2030, urges immediate gov’t...
A recent report prepared the United States National Drought Mitigation Center for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification warned that Turkey would face a serious drought by...
Journalists’ associations to stage demonstrations in 5 provinces protesting arrest of 16 Kurdish journalists
Two journalist organizations will organize demonstrations on Friday in five Turkish provinces protesting the arrest of 16 Kurdish journalists on June 16, the Bianet...
President Erdoğan: We will take social media under control
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on July 1 that he and his government would take social media platforms under control, Turkish media reported.
Delivering...
Press union insists justice minister explain continued detention of journalist
DİSK Basın-İş, a labor union representing media workers in Turkey, has demanded an explanation from Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç for the continued pretrial detention...
Turkish novelist and Nobel laureate says there is immense political pressure in Turkey
Orhan Pamuk, Turkish novelist and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature, said in an interview that there was immense political pressure in...
Turkey’s Human Rights Association condemns PKK’s ‘punishment’ of civilians
Turkey’s Human Rights Association (IHD) in a press statement condemned the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) “punishment” of civilians after two men reportedly went...
Turkey’s top court finds human rights violations in over 79,500 cases since 2012
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that at least one fundamental right was violated in more than 79,500 cases over the past 13 years, raising...
Opposition HDP calls for parliamentary inquiry commission for rights violations in prisons
Co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Pervin Buldan has called on the Turkish parliament to establish a commission of inquiry for rights...
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