IHD documents extensive human right violations in east and southeast Turkey
A report drafted by Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) has revealed that 6,372 rights violations took place in the east and southeast of Turkey...
Turkish actress Berna Laçin investigated over tweet on rapes in Saudi Arabia
The Anadolu Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office in İstanbul on Wednesday launched an investigation into renowned Turkish actress Berna Laçin, who voiced opposition to the...
Turkey among top 10 countries with sharpest decline in freedoms: Freedom House
Turkey is among the top 10 countries that have seen the sharpest decline in freedoms over the past decade, according to the “Freedom in...
Turkish opposition leader ordered to pay damages for revealing Erdoğan family’s offshore holdings
An İstanbul court on Thursday ordered Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to pay TL 197,000 ($43,500) in damages over...
Former top court president, ex-AKP minister slam judiciary, presidential system as a ‘disaster’
Former Constitutional Court president Haşim Kılıç and Hüseyin Çelik, a founding member of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and a former education...
Social media campaign urges release of critically ill Turkish inmate
A social media campaign has called for the release of Abdullah Tırpan, a 74-year-old critically ill inmate imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based...
Turkey locks up 228 journalists, a new world record
The number of jailed journalists in Turkey has reached to 228, a new world record, as the massive crackdown on the free, independent and...
Prison administration continues limiting water supplied to former police chief jailed for conducting 2013...
A prison administration in Tekirdağ province continues to limit water supplied to former Turkish police chief Ömer Köse, who has been imprisoned since 2014...
Critical journalist Aksoy arrested again to serve remaining sentence
Critical Turkish journalist Murat Aksoy was sent back to prison on Thursday after a regional appeals court last month upheld a two year, one...
Members of European Parliament request investigation of rights violations perpetrated by Turkish-backed forces in...
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) last Tuesday called on the EP president to name a delegation to travel to northern Syria and gather...
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