Watchdogs call on Turkish authorities to ensure all charges against Human Rights Association co-chair...
Human rights watchdogs on Monday called on Turkish authorities to ensure that all charges against Öztürk Türkdoğan, co-chair of Turkey's oldest human rights group,...
Local journalist fatally shot in attack in northwestern Turkey
A journalist who owned a local news website in northwestern Turkey was fatally shot in front of his office on Saturday, Turkish media outlets...
Pink Floyd musician Roger Waters calls for release of Kurdish singer in Turkey
Former Pink Floyd musician Roger Waters has urged for the release of Kurdish singer Nudem Durak, who was sentenced to 19 years in prison...
Demirtaş’s prison sentence for insulting Erdoğan upheld by appeals court
An appeals court has upheld a prison sentence of three-and-a-half years handed down to Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed former co-leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’...
Wife of jailed former officer says husband can barely see or move, requests his...
The wife of a former staff colonel who was convicted on coup charges said her husband's heath had deteriorated to the point where he...
Discrimination against Roma in Turkey increased during the pandemic: report
A recent report drafted by Boğaziçi University researchers reveals that discrimination against the Roma community in Turkey increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The report, titled...
Ailing philanthropist dies amid calls for his immediate release from prison
Yusuf Bekmezci, a jailed 82-year-old businessman and philanthropist convicted of links to the Gülen movement, died on Saturday amid calls for his immediate release...
Lawyer says children of woman arrested on Gülen links ‘traumatized’
The lawyer of a woman arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement said in an interview that her two children, aged 12 and...
114 people face detention over alleged Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 114 people including former public servants who were removed from their jobs by government decrees due to...
Woman urges authorities to release her mother, detained for alleged links to the Gülen...
The daughter of a woman who on Thursday was detained for alleged links to the Gülen movement said on Twitter her mother was in...
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