UN rights body to review case of teacher who died in Turkish prison due...
A Geneva-based rights group said a case it submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee concerning the death of a teacher who died in...
Turkey continues to misuse INTERPOL databases to target political dissidents: report
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Reporters Without Borders condemns Turkish gov’t over trial of 29 journalists
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Turkish police officer dismissed from job due to alleged Gülen links dies by...
Former police officer Fatih Ç, who was dismissed by government decree under a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a controversial coup...
Turkey’s Crackdown on the Main Opposition and the Kurdish Political Movement: 2025 in Review
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Turkey’s top court rejects application seeking release of jailed MP
Turkey’s top appeals court has denied an application requesting the release from prison of an opposition lawmaker from the Workers Party of Turkey (TİP),...
Turkish prosecutor requests lifting of journalist and MP Şık’s immunity
A Turkish prosecutor has filed a summary of proceedings requesting the lifting of the parliamentary immunity of independent deputy and journalist Ahmet Şık over...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan gov’t attacks UN for raising rights violations in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
As the free world turns up the heat on the repressive regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey with increased vigilance...
Filmmaker on trial in Turkey for screening Armenian genocide film
Kurdish filmmaker Rojhilat Aksoy has gone on trial on charges of “publicly insulting the Turkish nation and state institutions” for screening an animated film...
UN Human Rights Council receives complaint over Turkish airstrikes on hospital in Iraq: report
The UN Human Rights Council has received a formal complaint regarding Turkish airstrikes in Iraq, allegedly targeting a civilian hospital and resulting in the...
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