Int’l rights groups condemn Turkey’s crackdown on legal community, İstanbul bar
An international coalition of lawyers, bar associations and human rights groups has in a joint statement condemned the Turkish government’s escalating campaign against the İstanbul Bar...
Death of jailed teacher’s daughter is a rights abuse, Turkey should free political prisoners:...
British lawmaker Edward Leigh has described the recent death of a 15-year-old girl whose mother is imprisoned in Turkey as a human rights violation...
Turkish journalist detained after reporting alleged assault of nationalist party official
A Turkish journalist was detained Wednesday after publishing a report alleging that a local official from the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) was assaulted...
University students promise to continue academic boycott despite increasing pressure
Students leading an academic boycott in response to the arrest of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu have vowed to continue their protest, undeterred by a...
Turkey detains 36 in raids targeting Gülen movement-linked business network
Turkish authorities have detained 36 suspects in coordinated raids across four provinces as part of an ongoing investigation into a business allegedly linked to...
PACE urges Turkey to implement ECtHR rulings
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution on Wednesday urging Turkey to fulfill its obligations under the European Convention on Human...
Prominent Turkish academic ends political commentary, fearing imprisonment
Prominent Turkish academic and journalist Nuray Mert has announced that she will no longer write about Turkish politics or speak publicly on political matters,...
Two journalists detained in home raids in İstanbul
Two Turkish journalists were detained on Thursday as part of an investigation into the sale of a television station, the İstanbul prosecutor’s office said,...
Explosion in Ankara mine injures 14 workers
An explosion at a coal mine in Turkey’s Ankara province on Thursday morning injured 14 workers, including one who is in serious condition, the...
Turkish police detain prominent architect for allegedly inciting hatred and hostility
Well-known photographer and architect Murat Germen was briefly detained by police on Wednesday evening at Istanbul Airport for “publicly inciting hatred and hostility,” the...
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