Ailing inmate dies of cancer in Turkish prison
Behçet Kaplan, 31, an inmate who suffered from stomach cancer, died on Monday in in a prison in Turkey’s eastern province of Bitlis, the...
Turkish author and journalist Ahmet Altan spends his 71st birthday in prison
One of Turkey’s most famous novelists and journalists, Ahmet Altan has spent his 71st birthday in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison, where most political prisoners...
Jailed Turkish columnist Mehmet Altan’s lawyers launch petition campaign
Lawyers representing Mehmet Altan, a prominent Turkish academic and journalist who has been held in a Turkish jail for more than 22 months over...
Senior Turkish judges’ Strasbourg visit sparks backlash over non-implemented ECtHR rulings
Turkey, which has the highest number of applications pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), attracted criticism after senior members of the...
1 killed, several injured in Turkey during Erdoğan victory celebrations
An opposition party member was killed and several others were injured during celebrations across Turkey of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s victory in a historic...
Turkey among top 3 countries with steepest decline in liberal democracy index: report
Turkey is among the countries that “autocratized” the most, together with Poland and Hungary, according to the “Democracy Report 2021,” which was published by...
Turkish court sentences Fethullah Gülen’s nephew to 8 years, 9 months in prison
A Turkish court has sentenced Selman Gülen, the nephew of US-based Turkish-Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen, to eight years, nine months in prison on "terror charges."
Turkey's...
Turkey detains 63, arrests 41 people over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish police in the last two weeks have detained 63 people and arrested 41 of them over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement,...
Erdoğan reiterates plan for anti-LGBT constitutional amendment
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday that his government was working on drafting an anti-LGBT constitutional amendment to enshrine the family that...
3 transexual women attacked in one week as violence against LGBT+ community increases in...
The LGBT+ community in Turkey witnessed multiple acts of violence against its members last week with at least three transexual women suffering injuries or...
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