Kurdish politician speaks of gross rights violations and torture in police detention center
İbrahim Halil Baran, chairman of the Kurdistan Party (PAKURD), has said he witnessed gross human rights violations and torture at a police detention center...
Purge victim working as bus driver stabbed to death on the job
Emrah Yıldız (34), a former sergeant in the Turkish military who was dismissed from the service by an emergency decree as part of a...
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...
Opposition MP questions whereabouts of man who went missing 25 months ago
In a parliamentary question to Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, opposition MP Mustafa Yeneroğlu sought information on the whereabouts of Yusuf Bilge Tunç, who went...
Turkish police briefly detain journalist who covered man’s suicide
A journalist who covered the story of a 45-year-old father’s suicide in Kocaeli due to his inability to buy a pair of trousers for...
Rector Bulu appointed dean of Boğaziçi University’s new communications faculty
Melih Bulu, a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) whose appointment as rector of Boğaziçi University by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkish authorities unlawfully arrest pregnant woman on alleged Gülen links
Emel Top Bayraktar, 29, a research assistant at Bingöl University in eastern Turkey, has been arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement, despite...
Following the murder of 2 young women, Turkish social media calls attention to victims...
Following the tragic murder of two young women, Turkish social media has become a platform for sharing the stories of women who have fallen...
Syrian worker fired for union membership
A Syrian factory worker in Turkey's southeastern Gaziantep province has been protesting his dismissal for membership in a labor union in front of the...
Turkey blocks İmamoğlu’s campaign account for fourth time
Turkey on Monday blocked the X campaign account of İstanbul mayor and main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, following the...
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