Turkey detains another suspect for threats against Hrant Dink Foundation
A second man who allegedly sent a threat to the Hrant Dink Foundation was detained in İstanbul on Monday.
Fethiye Çetin, a lawyer for the...
Erdoğan gov’t witch-hunt targets 118 officers in new crackdown on Gülen movement
As part of a relentless witch-hunt that has been ongoing for years against the Gülen movement, Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained 72 members of...
Turkey’s ruling AKP to push through measures detrimental to new parties: report
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) is planning to push through measures with its nationalist allies that affect how political...
Suspected remains of unsolved murder victims found in SE Turkey: report
Human remains that might belong to dozens of victims of unsolved murders in Turkey’s Southeast in the 1990s have been found in a cave...
US Congresswoman Maloney urges release of political prisoners in Turkey
Member of Congress Carolyn Maloney in a letter to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the United States to ask the Turkish government...
Jailed journalist with cancer losing hope after higher court upholds conviction
A jailed Turkish journalist diagnosed with cancer has been losing hope to survive, according to his daughter, after a regional appeals court upheld his...
Another İstanbul church attacked amid growing hostility toward Christians: report
Another church has been attacked amid growing hostility towards Christians in Turkey, which includes arrests, mysterious disappearances, unresolved murders and a history of rights...
UN warns Albania over return of critics to Turkey, citing risks of torture, enforced...
The UN Human Rights Council sent an urgent communication to the Albanian government requesting the current whereabouts of Selami Şimşek and urging that it...
Swiss prosecutors investigate Turkish couple who informed on dissidents
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Prosecution (Le Parquet Fédéral) has launched an investigation into a couple who informed on dissidents living in Switzerland to Turkish...
Council of Europe rapporteur calls on Turkey, Azerbaijan to urgently stop attacks on journalists
Austrian lawmaker Stefan Schennach, general rapporteur on media freedom and the safety of journalists for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE),...
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