Pro-opposition TV channel suspended for 5 days: report
Halk TV, one of the few television stations in Turkey that is critical of the government, has been slapped with a five-day broadcasting ban...
Over 1,400 people seek asylum in Germany to escape persecution of Turkish gov’t
More than 1,400 Turkish nationals, including military officers, public officials and their family members, applied for asylum in Germany in the first two months...
Turkish court releases university students detained for Erdoğan caricature
Four students at Turkey’s prestigious Middle East Technical University (METU) detained for carrying a banner bearing caricatures depicting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as various...
Turkish authorities detain 3 former civil servants due to Gülen links upon pushback by...
Three former civil servants who have been accused of links to the faith-based Gülen movement were detained in the western Turkish province of Edirne...
Wife of Şahin Alpay, a veteran journalist persecuted by Turkish gov’t, dies of cerebral...
Fatma Alpay, the wife of veteran Turkish journalist Şahin Alpay, died of a cerebral hemorrhage on Saturday morning.
She will be laid to rest in...
UN calls on Turkey to stop misuse of terrorism law to detain rights defenders
The UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders on Wednesday called on Turkey to release imprisoned human rights defenders and stop...
Jailed Kurdish leader refuses prison visits due to ‘humiliating’ body search: lawyer
Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been in prison for almost eight years, is refusing to see visitors because of a new requirement that...
EU rapporteur slams ‘absurd’ sentence for prominent Turkish journalist as press groups urge release
European Parliament Turkey rapporteur Nacho Sanchez Amor on Wednesday condemned Turkey for sentencing journalist Fatih Altaylı to over four years in prison, with press...
Inmates objecting to unlawful strip-search beaten in Turkish prison
Inmates were beaten by guards for resisting a strip-search when they were transferred to Tekirdağ Prison in northwestern Turkey, the Mezopotamya news agency (MA)...
Inmate dies from COVID-19 at İstanbul’s Silivri Prison: statement
The İstanbul Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday announced the death of an inmate at Silivri Prison from COVID-19, adding that the number...
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