5 pct of Turkish women exposed to sexual violence in past year according to...
Five percent of Turkish women were exposed to sexual violence in the past year according to data shared by Minister of Family and Social...
Reports reveal criminal neglect in case of academic who died of COVID-19 in prison
Evidence of criminal neglect is emerging as reports claim that jailed academic Halil Şimşek, who died in western Çanakkale Prison after contracting COVID-19, had...
US lawmakers condemn Turkish president’s anti-Semitic remarks
The eight co-chairs of the US House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism on Thursday issued a statement condemning anti-Semitic remarks made by Turkish...
Kurdish inmate badly beaten by guards in Diyarbakır Prison
Kurbani Özcan, a Kurdish inmate serving time in southeastern Turkey’s Diyarbakır Prison, was badly beaten by guards, leaving him with broken fingers, the Duvar...
Turkish authorities launch investigation into journalist who reported on rape and murder allegations against...
Turkish authorities have launched an investigation into Baransel Ağca, a journalist who reported on rape and murder allegations against ruling Justice and Development Party...
Turkish gov’t abducted teacher in Kenya over relationship to Gülen, wife claims
The wife of a teacher who is a nephew of US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gülen has claimed that her husband was abducted by operatives...
2 Kurdish men shot on Turkey’s Iraq border by Turkish security forces
Two Kurdish men were shot and seriously injured by Turkish security forces in southeastern Hakkari province on Tuesday while trying to cross the border...
2 refugees severely beaten by security officers in Turkish repatriation center
Two refugees, one Syrian and the other Palestinian, were severely beaten by security officers at a repatriation center in Turkey's western İzmir province on...
Demirtaş says Kobani is a trial of political revenge against HDP
Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who along with 107 other Kurdish politicians is standing trial for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests, said...
My husband was tortured multiple times and wanted to die, says wife of inmate...
Nazlı Vatansever, the wife of Şeref Vatansever, a former computer science teacher who died of COVID-19 on Sunday after contracting the disease in northwestern...
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