Up to 60 migrants feared dead in eastern Turkey lake after boat sinks: report
Up to 60 migrants may have been trapped in a boat that sank in a lake in eastern Turkey last week, The Associated Press...
16 detained in İstanbul for protesting arms fair featuring contractors supplying weapons to Israel
At least 16 demonstrators were detained in İstanbul on Tuesday on accusations of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan following a protest against the...
Council of Europe urges Turkey’s top court to quickly conclude examination of Demirtaş’s detention
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ Deputies has called on Turkey’s Constitutional Court to expeditiously examine an application from Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş...
Infographic: July 15, 2016 | Blow to Human Rights
Sources:
Activity report, the Inquiry Commission on the State of Emergency Measures
State Department 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Turkey
News stories by Turkey's state-run...
Kurdish language association shut down in Izmir amid ongoing crackdown
Municipal officials in the western city of Izmir on Thursday sealed the entrance of a Kurdish language and culture association that has come under...
Turkey summons Sweden’s ambassador over ‘insulting’ TV show
Turkey summoned Sweden’s ambassador Wednesday after an “insulting” television broadcast, as relations between the two countries remain strained over Stockholm’s bid for membership in...
Constitutional Court rejects CHP appeal against multiple bar associations law: report
Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Thursday rejected an appeal for a stay of execution of a recently enacted law changing the structure of bar associations...
Turkey’s main opposition leader faces fresh probe, lawsuit over remarks criticizing Erdoğan
Turkey’s justice minister announced on Wednesday that prosecutors have opened an investigation into main opposition leader Özgür Özel over comments he made criticizing President...
662 employees expelled from foreign ministry in post-coup purge: minister
Turkey has seen the expulsion of 662 personnel from its foreign ministry as part of a purge launched by the government in the aftermath...
Prison inmate with advanced Parkinson’s has served his time but is not released
Turkish authorities have failed to release a political prisoner with advanced Parkinson’s disease who has completed his mandatory time in prison, the Bold Medya...
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