Turkish purge victim, rights activist loses battle against cancer
Haluk Savaş, 54, a leading human rights activist and a victim of a large-scale post-coup purge in Turkey, lost his battle against cancer on...
Pioneering Saturday Mothers activist passes away, sparking grief among fellow campaigners
Emine Ocak, a pioneering activist with the Saturday Mothers movement who joined the first protest in Istanbul’s Galata Square on May 27, 1995 in...
Ailing 73-year-old found dead in his prison cell in Turkey’s Ordu province
A 73-year-old sick prisoner was found dead in his cell on Wednesday in a prison in northern Ordu province, drawing attention once again to...
Cancer patient was refused postponement of sentence, sent back to prison after major surgery
Ümit Gökhasan, a prison inmate suffering from stomach cancer whose stomach and half of his esophagus were removed in an operation, was sent back...
Turkey sees 13 percent rise in minors suspected of crime
The number of minors in Turkey who were suspected of committing a crime increased by 13 percent in 2024, according to newly released statistics...
Turkish, Swedish delegations hold talks in Ankara about Turkey’s extradition requests
A delegation from the Swedish justice ministry met with a delegation from its counterpart in Turkey on Wednesday to discuss Turkey’s requests for the...
Turkish court ignores European rights court’s Demirtaş judgement
The Turkish criminal court that convicted Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), for a speech he made on...
US report says Turkey committed widespread human rights abuses in 2024
Turkey committed widespread human rights violations in 2024, including unlawful killings, torture, arbitrary detention, media censorship and transnational repression, according to a new US...
92 migrants found on Greek-Turkish border
Ninety-two migrants were found almost naked and bruised after allegedly being forced across the Evros river from Turkey into Greece, Athens said Sunday, a...
Turkey’s higher education board bans dissertations in Kurdish: report
Turkey’s Higher Education Board (YÖK) has prohibited students studying Kurdish language and literature at Turkish universities from writing their dissertations in Kurdish, Turkish Minute...
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