Turkish authorities cram inmates into overcrowded wards despite available space
Inmates at a Malatya prison are reportedly being crammed into overcrowded wards despite the availability of other space, the Bold Medya news website reported.
Due...
X blocks access to popular independent news website in Turkey over protest coverage
Social media platform X has blocked access to Bianet, one of the few remaining independent news outlets in Turkey, based on a request from...
Human Rights Watch: Turkish airstrike in Iraq disregards civilian loss
A Turkish military attack on an armed Iranian group in the Kurdistan region of Iraq in late June failed to take adequate precautions to minimize civilian casualties, Human Rights...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan saves jihadist network: The Vasat terror group in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
One of the most devastating impacts the Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has inflicted on the national security of Turkey...
Turkey detains co-mayors from pro-Kurdish party in eastern Ağrı province
Müşerref Geçer and Emrah Kılıç, the co-mayors of Patnos in Turkey’s eastern Ağrı province from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), have been detained,...
COMMENTARY — Case of airbase commander tells the tale of Erdoğan’s Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The unlawful arrest and wrongful prosecution of an important airbase commander in Turkey’s northwestern city of Bandırma is one of many pieces...
Rights group urges release of ailing opposition mayor amid crackdown
The Turkish Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) on Monday called for the urgent release of Mehmet Murat Çalık, the mayor of İstanbul’s Beylikdüzü district, warning...
Turkish gov’t and US seeking a ‘common ground’ on Syria with intensive talks
Turkish government, led by autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and US administration have been seeking a "common ground" on the developments in the northern...
Kurdish theater play ‘Bêrû’ banned in another Turkish city
The governor of the southeastern city of Şanlıurfa prohibited the staging of a theater play in Kurdish last Friday just hours before the scheduled...
Turkish gov’t detains 478 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government detained a total of 478 people last week (Sept.17-Sept.24) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
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