Report: Turkish gov’t detained 228,137 people under state of emergency
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has detained 228,137 and dismissed 134,144 people from their jobs under the state of emergency that...
7-months-pregnant woman imprisoned for past month in northwestern Turkey
Hatice Avuloğlu, 34, has been held in an Edirne prison since mid-August despite being seven months pregnant, the Kronos news website reported on Tuesday.
Avuloğlu...
HDP deputy Kaya submits parliamentary question concerning access to healthcare in Istanbul prison
Hüda Kaya, a deputy from the Peoples' Democratic Party, has submitted a parliamentary question addressing Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül regarding the lack of accessible...
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP: Party member abducted by masked gunmen
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) member and businessman Kamil Acar was abducted by masked gunmen in Diyarbakır province on Thursday night according to...
High school student detained for obscene act with Atatürk picture
A 17-year-old high school student in İstanbul was detained following the circulation of a video on social media showing him performing a lewd act...
2 wards under quarantine in Denizli Prison as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in...
Two women’s wards have been placed under quarantine in western Turkey’s Denizli Prison as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the country’s notoriously overcrowded...
Turkish gov’t declares curfew in Diyarbakır villages, bans festival in Tunceli
The governor’s office of Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır has declared a curfew in eight villages and adjoining arable land due to security operations against...
German Bar calls on Turkey’s top court to consider ECtHR ruling in its decisions
While Turkey’s opposition and legal community have for the most part kept silent about a recent European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decision concerning...
COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 27 Turkish journalists: report
A total of 27 Turkish journalists have died of COVID-19, the Geneva based non-profit Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) said in a press statement released...
Turkish court jails Facebook user over Erdoğan criticism
Turgay İnce, a Turkish Facebook user who shared friends-only posts critical of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was arrested and put to pre-trial detention,...
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