Guards in SE Turkey prison allegedly beat inmates for exchanging greetings
Prison guards in Diyarbakır allegedly beat six inmates for greeting a fellow inmate on his way back to his cell from seeing visitors, the...
EU Parliament investigation condemns Frontex’s failure to act on pushbacks
The European Union’s border and coast guard agency Frontex has failed to protect the rights of people at EU borders, a fact-finding investigation by...
Turkish military allegedly set forest fires around Tunceli province
Nobody has intervened to put out forest fires that have allegedly been started by the Turkish military during security operations in Tunceli (Dersim) province,...
CoE human rights chief urges Turkey to protect free speech and assembly rights, judicial...
The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O'Flaherty, called on Turkey to safeguard freedom of expression and freedom of the press, restore...
More than 1,000 dead or missing in Turkey’s maritime accidents in 8 years
Turkey has since 2016 recorded a total of 3,223 maritime accidents in which 677 people died and 390 went missing, the Artı Gerçek news...
Migrants to pay 10 times more taxes than other residents, says Bolu mayor
An additional water and solid waste tax 10 times the normal tax will be imposed on migrants, said Bolu Mayor Tanju Özcan, in an...
New report reveals unprecedented clampdown on foreign journalists in Turkey
Turkey, the most notorious country in the world in terms of jailing journalists, with 237 currently behind bars, has also come after foreign reporters...
Press groups urge Turkey to release journalist before court hearing
The International Press Institute, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the European Federation of Journalists and other press freedom and human rights groups have called on Turkey...
Abducted Turkish citizen Ümit Horzum delivered to police after 133 days of disappearance
Turkish citizen Ümit Horzum, who was kidnapped in Turkey’s capital of Ankara on December 6, 2017 over his alleged affiliation to the Gülen movement, was...
Pro-Kurdish party calls on Turkey to recognize Yazidi massacre as genocide
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has urged Turkey to recognize the mass killings of Yazidis by the Islamic State in Iraq and the...
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