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...
Turkey detains 237 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained 237 individuals over the past two weeks in operations across 42 provinces targeting people accused of links to the faith-based...
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...
Turkish gov’t reportedly launches food embargo on Kurdish villages
The Turkish government has started to reimplement a food embargo that was in force during the 1990s on Kurdish villages in the eastern and...
83-year-old ailing Kurdish woman incarcerated again after ATK finds her ‘fit to remain in...
Makbule Özer, an ailing 83-year-old Kurdish woman, was jailed for a second time on Monday after a medical report issued by Turkey’s Council of...
Syrian refugees tortured, raped, disappeared after returning home: Amnesty International
As a number of countries, including Turkey, put more pressure on Syrian refugees to return home, accounts of torture inflicted on returnees have been...
Turkish Education Ministry’s removal of co-education clause from regulations stirs debate
The removal of a co-education clause from the Education Ministry's regulations by the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stirred a...
‘Licence to kill’ given by Turkish gov’t to its fanatics with latest decree draws...
The new government decree released in Turkey on Sunday to provide immunity and impunity to the pro-government civilians, who allegedly struggle against controversial coup attempt...
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