In a gruesome case of recidivism, prisoner released under recent amnesty batters his daughter...
A man who was imprisoned for stabbing his wife a year ago murdered his daughter after his release from prison under a recently enacted...
Judge notorious for convicting dissidents appointed İstanbul’s chief prosecutor
Akın Gürlek, a former judge and deputy justice minister known for convicting dissidents in politically motivated trials, has been appointed as the chief public...
X again restricts access to accounts criticizing Erdoğan as Turkey’s local elections approach
The X social media platform announced on Wednesday that it has taken action against 12 accounts in Turkey “to prevent the X service being...
Some 2,000 femicides, suspicious deaths in Turkey since withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
At least 996 women in Turkey have been killed by men since the country’s 2021 withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, an international treaty aimed...
Turkish Interior Minister Soylu orders police to ‘break leg’ extrajudicially
Turkey's Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has given order to police officers to execute the criminals without trial and stated that “It’s police’s duty to break...
Turkish women’s rights activists criticize reduced sentences on grounds of ‘provocation’ in gender-based violence...
Turkish women's rights activists have criticized courts handing down reduced sentences to perpetrators of gender-based violence on the grounds that they were “provoked,” saying...
Turkey sets clock back 10 years on women’s rights, says Amnesty International
Turkey has set the clock back 10 years on women's rights by withdrawing from the Istanbul Convention and has also set a “terrifying precedent,”...
Turkey’s Erdoğan signals legislation to transfer opposition CHP’s shares in İş Bank to Treasury
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he thinks the opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) shares in İşbank can be transferred to the Treasury...
92-year-old man dies after being hit by Turkish police vehicle in Tunceli
Ali Sezer (92) died after he was hit by an armored police vehicle in the eastern province of Tunceli, local Turkish media reported.
According to...
Woman dies of cancer after imprisonment on Gülen links
Betül Aygün, a 30-year-old former teacher, died of breast cancer after her treatment was significantly delayed by a prison administration during her incarceration on...
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