Turkish authorities must cease all actions aimed at criminalizing independent reporting: Council of Europe
Turkish authorities must cease all actions aimed at blocking or criminalizing independent reporting and take steps to restore judicial independence and to ensure the...
Turkish police batter workers detained while gathering to make May Day statement
Workers detained while gathering to read out a statement about a ban on May 1, International Workers’ Day, demonstrations were battered by the police...
3 million day laborers will lose their wages during nationwide lockdown in Turkey
Nearly 3 million day laborers and small shop owners will lose their income during the latest COVID-19 lockdown in Turkey, which will go into...
2 chronically ill inmates contract COVID-19 from prison personnel in northwestern Turkey
Two inmates with chronic diseases have contracted COVID-19 from infected prison guards in northwestern Turkey's Sakarya Ferizli prison, Bold Medya reported.
A few days ago...
Amasya Prison unlawfully denies parole to inmates arrested over Gülen links
Inmates arrested for links to the Gülen movement are being denied release by the Amasya E Type medium security prison in northern Turkey despite...
Diyarbakır Bar under investigation for statement released on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into a bar association in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır over a statement it released on April...
Kurdish politicians go on trial in Turkey over 2014 Kobani protests
More than 100 people linked to a pro-Kurdish party went on trial Monday in Ankara for their alleged involvement in violent protests in 2014,...
Erdoğan defiant on Biden mention of Armenian genocide
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Monday he was “highly saddened” by US President Joe Biden’s decision to mark as genocide the mass deportations...
Cancer patient whose treatment was interrupted after arrest suffering from complications
Ayşe Özdoğan, 33, who suffers from a rare form of cancer, has been struggling with complications since the disease spread to her head because...
Suspicions over alleged suicide of 17-year-old in jail grow as recording of his final...
A DVD containing recordings of the final hours of Kadir Aktar, a 17-year-old boy who allegedly committed suicide in jail, has turned out to...
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