UN expert investigating Khashoggi killing denied entry to Saudi Consulate in İstanbul
Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard, who is visiting Turkey to investigate the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, on Tuesday was denied entry to the...
Pro-Kurdish politicians, journalists among 30 arrested on accusations of terrorism
Turkish authorities have arrested 30 people, including pro-Kurdish and socialist politicians, journalists and activists, following their detention in a series of police raids across...
Activists demonstrate against high number of female inmates in Turkish prisons
Human rights activists on Tuesday staged demonstrations in several European cities protesting the high number of female prisoners in Turkish prisons, the TR724 news...
HRF calls on Kosovo PM to apply non-refoulment principle, obey int’l HR law on...
The New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) sent a letter to Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Friday and requested that he apply the...
Over 2,600 young workers died in occupation-related accidents in Turkey in last 12 years
At least 2,664 young workers have died in workplace accidents in Turkey over the past 12 years, according to a new report by the...
Documentary reveals injustices faced by academics purged in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
“Elması Çöpe Atmak” (Throwing Diamonds in the Trash), a documentary recently released on KHK TV –- a YouTube channel established by Turkey’s purge victims –-...
Purge victim reinstated to job after his death
Ömer Faruk Arsoy, a computer technician who used to work at a state hospital in the southern Turkish province of Mersin but was removed...
Some 200 detained after İstanbul Women’s Day march, organizers say
Police detained some 200 demonstrators in İstanbul late on Saturday after more than 3,000 women marched peacefully through the city center under tight security...
Mothers and children suffer from overcrowding, sickness and neglect in Izmir’s Şakran Prison
A female inmate on Thursday said women and children in her ward in Izmir's Şakran Prison were suffering from overcrowding, sickness and neglect, the...
Turkey’s Ege University bars purge victims from graduate school admission
The İzmir-based Ege University has announced on its website that victims of a post-coup crackdown in Turkey who were dismissed from their state jobs...
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The May 2023 re-election of...