UN subcommittee, experts call on member states to adopt non-discriminatory measures to reduce prison...
A United Nations subcommittee and a group of UN experts have called on member states to take non-discriminatory measures including the early release of...
Turkey’s religious authority granted power to censor, destroy ‘improper’ Quran translations
Turkey’s top religious authority, the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), has been granted sweeping new powers to oversee religious content and censor Quran translations...
Police seize banned volumes at book fair in eastern Turkey
Turkish police have confiscated copies of three books at a book fair in the eastern province of Tunceli on the grounds that they had...
HRW calls on Turkey to investigate disappearance of Gökhan Türkmen
Human Rights Watch has called on the government of Turkey to investigate the circumstances surrounding the abduction of a Turkish man who turned up...
Council of Europe urges Turkey to complete retrial in Yalçınkaya case in line with...
The Council of Europe (CoE) has pressed Turkey to complete the retrial of former teacher Yüksel Yalçınkaya in accordance with the European Convention of...
Attacks on 4 Alevi institutions in Turkish capital ‘organized and planned,’ lawyer says
Attacks targeting four Alevi houses of worship (cemevis) and associations in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Saturday were “organized and planned beforehand,” Turkish...
Dismissed civil servant found ineligible for tax break by Turkish authorities
A dismissed civil servant was deemed by Turkey’s Ministry of Treasury and Finance ineligible to benefit from a real estate tax break granted to...
Turkish authorities block urgent brain surgery for prisoner over handcuff requirement
An inmate at Erzurum Dumlu Prison was denied urgent surgery for a life-threatening brain aneurysm after authorities insisted the procedure be performed with the...
Greece accuses Turkey of forcing stranded migrants over border
Greece on Tuesday accused Turkey of forcibly pushing a group of stranded migrants onto a small Greek island and leaving behind the body of...
Family torn apart in Turkey’s post-coup purge appeals for justice
In a letter to Turkish human rights activist and pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, Önder Bozkurt told the story of...
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