Turkey marks anniversary of deadly hotel fire amid calls for justice
Families and residents gathered in freezing temperatures early Wednesday to commemorate the 78 people who died in a hotel fire in northwestern Turkey a...
UEFA is considering moving Champions League final from Turkey in event of unrest following...
UEFA has held talks about moving the Champions League final to Lisbon’s Stadium of Light in the event of unrest in Turkey following the...
219 pregnant women, mothers detained or arrested over Gülen links in 4 years: report
A total of 219 pregnant women and women with children under six years of age were arbitrarily detained or arrested over their suspected links...
Veteran Turkish columnist Ahmet Turan Alkan: I cannot lick the knife that is cutting...
Veteran Turkish columnist and prominent political scientist Ahmet Turan Alkan, who used to write for the Zaman newspaper, at one time Turkey’s most highly circulated...
Turkey convicts Demirtaş’s lawyer, jails rights advocates amid renewed peace talks with PKK
A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced Ramazan Demir, a lawyer for jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, to more than 11 years in prison, in...
19 detained over Nevruz celebration in Ankara
Nineteen people were detained on Monday as part of an investigation over a celebration held in Ankara on March 19 to mark the spring...
Another former teacher imprisoned over Gülen links dies of COVID-19
Önder Ateş, a former English teacher arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement, died in prison yesterday of COVID-19, Bold Medya reported.
Ateş had...
Turkish court bans Periscope over copyright violation
A Turkish court on Tuesday banned all services of Periscope, a live video broadcasting platform owned by Twitter and popularly used by the opposition...
Kenyan court orders unconditional release of Turkish refugee sought by Ankara
A court in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Tuesday ordered the unconditional release of Turkish refugee Mustafa Güngör, who had been arrested following...
Germany’s Left Party calls for simplified visa procedures for gov’t opponents from Turkey
Co-chairperson of Germany’s Left Party Martin Schirdewan has called on the government to make visa application procedures easier for government opponents in Turkey since...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...