Mothers of imprisoned cadets stage sit-ins at ruling party buildings

Mothers of military cadets who were imprisoned after a 2016 coup attempt have stated sit-in protests in front of several ruling Justice and Development...

Opposition parties, Kılıçdaroğlu remain silent on mass detention of Kurds despite int’l condemnation

Turkey’s opposition parties and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the joint presidential candidate of an opposition bloc of six parties, have remained silent on the detention of...

380 people, including 2 minors, mistreated in Turkey in December: rights report

Cases of human rights violations in Turkey in December included 380 incidents of mistreatment, with 86 of them taking place in prisons, according to...

3 youths briefly detained for hanging wanted poster for former minister

Police briefly detained three members of the main opposition party’s youth branch caught hanging wanted posters for Turkey’s former finance minister, Berat Albayrak, Turkish...

Turkish Justice Ministry claims unable to count number of jailed journalists

The Turkish Justice Ministry has failed to answer a parliamentary question from an opposition deputy about the number of journalists currently jailed in the...

Turkey’s former ambassador to Ghana sent to jail over alleged Gülen links

Şentürk Uzun, Turkey’s former ambassador to Ghana, has been put in pretrial detention over his alleged links with the Gülen movement on Saturday. Detained...

Turkey, Syria quake could affect up to 23 million people: WHO

Up to 23 million people could be affected by the massive earthquake that has killed thousands in Turkey and Syria, the WHO warned on...

Paralysed Turkish teacher held in prison for 20 months on coup charges

İsa Kara, a 54-year-old teacher who was fired from his job after a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016, has reportedly been kept in...

Charges against Saturday Mothers is an attack on everyone seeking justice, says activist

Human rights activist Sebla Arcan has said by pressing charges against the Saturday Mothers, Turkish authorities had targeted everyone who was seeking justice and...

Former officer dismissed from Turkish army by decree dies of cancer after late release...

Former noncommissioned officer Timur Özgen, who was dismissed from the Turkish military by a government decree and later imprisoned following a 2016 coup attempt,...
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