Political prisoner in Turkey locked up in a cell with ISIS suicide bomber for...

Turkish police deliberately put a political prisoner in a cell with a suspected Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) suicide bomber as part...

Press groups condemn Turkey’s media regulator over TELE1 blackout

Press freedom groups on Thursday condemned Turkey’s broadcast regulator for ordering a five-day blackout of the independent TELE1 TV station, saying the decision reflects...

Opposition MP faces removal of parliamentary immunity due to chemical weapons remarks

A Turkish prosecutor has filed a summary of proceedings for an opposition lawmaker that may cause him to lose his parliamentary immunity, accusing him...

Turkish government detains 6 more lawyers in İzmir province

Turkish government's crackdown targeting defence rights of those under investigation or trial got a new blow with the detention of 6 lawyers in İzmir...

Pro-Kurdish party slams crackdown on main opposition, warns of ‘judicial engineering of politics’

Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit, deputy group chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), has denounced the deepening crackdown on Turkey’s main...

Kurdish politician released from prison due to dementia faces new indictment

Turkish prosecutors have drafted a new indictment for a Kurdish politician who was recently released from prison because she was found unfit for incarceration...
Spano posing with members of Turkey's ruling party

European rights court president draws further ire by posing with members of Turkey’s ruling...

President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) Róbert Ragnar Spanó drew further ire from human rights defenders and the Turkish opposition after...

Iranian musician Mohsen Namjoo’s concerts canceled in Turkey over ‘religious sensitivities’

Six concerts in Turkey featuring exiled Iranian musician Mohsen Namjoo have been canceled following orders from high-ranking authorities citing “religious sensitivities,” according to the...

Turkey orders detention of 127 people over alleged Gülen links in a week

Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 127 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to Turkish...

Council of Europe reaffirms support for Istanbul Convention amid Turkey’s possible withdrawal from treaty

The Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on September 11 released a statement and reaffirmed...
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