Turkey investigates social media users calling for int’l help to combat wildfires
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into social media users who shared and supported an aid campaign on Twitter earlier this week seeking international...
COMMENTARY — The maddening silence of the European Court of Human Rights
Ekrem Dumanlı
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is betraying its own values by turning a deaf ear to the human rights abuses in...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained dozens of people across Turkey on Friday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the...
Journalist sentenced to prison on terrorism charges
İbrahim Karakaş, a journalist for the Yeni Yaşam daily, was on Thursday sentenced to nine years, nine months’ imprisonment on charges of membership in...
Pro-Kurdish HDP calls Turkish gov’t to stop causing death of sick prisoners
Following the demise of prisoner Koçer Özdal (65), who was seriously ill and died in an intensive care unit while handcuffed to his bed,...
Another night raid targeting a Turk’s house reported in Pakistan over links to Gülen...
Following the abduction of former director of Pak-Turk schools Mesut Kaçmaz and his family including two young daughters in the wee hours of Wednesday in Lahore, another...
Inmates subjected to insults, threats and battery in Turkish prisons: report
A recent report jointly prepared by three human rights organizations in Turkey has revealed that inmates were subjected to insults, threats and battery in...
74 petitions submitted to Turkish Parliament on rights violations unanswered
A total of 74 petitions relating to human rights violations submitted to the Turkish parliament's Human Rights Commission by Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a deputy...
Phone seized in fraud investigation reveals bribery involving prosecutors
A mobile phone that was confiscated as part of a fraud investigation in central Turkey has revealed messages indicative of bribery involving the suspects...
Terrorism charges against Kurdish writer Meral Şimşek must be dropped: PEN International
All charges against Kurdish writer Meral Şimşek, who is facing up to 15 years in prison for membership in a terrorist organization, must be...
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