Miners protesting 14-year delay of compensation for mining disaster detained
Miners protesting the lack of compensation for a mining disaster that took place in Turkey in 2014 were manhandled and detained by gendarmes and...
Erdoğan accuses digital platforms of promoting ‘deviant trends’ threatening family values
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused global digital platforms of encouraging what he described as “deviant trends,” claiming that Turkey’s traditional family structure is...
Turkey’s top court rejects delay to HDP closure ruling
Turkey’s top court has rejected a pro-Kurdish opposition party’s request to defer until after May elections a trial that could end in the party’s...
ECtHR says Turkey violated rights of journalist Ahmet Şık
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the right to liberty and security as well as the right to...
European rights court slams convictions based on secret witness testimony
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that secret witness testimony, which Turkish courts have accepted as evidence, particularly in the trials...
Azeri student deported from Turkey after joining campus protest alleges mistreatment
A graduate student from Azerbaijan who was deported from Turkey after taking part in a campus protest claims she was physically restrained, denied prescribed...
Stockholm police refuse to issue permit for another Quran burning outside Turkish embassy
Stockholm police have refused to issue a permit for an event in which the Quran was to be burned outside the Turkish embassy in...
Downward spiral of human rights is continuing in Turkey: German Foreign Office
In its human rights report, which was adopted by the government yesterday, the German Federal Foreign Office said the downward spiral of human rights...
Kurdish journalist gets suspended sentence on terror charges brought for moderating TV program
A Turkish court on Thursday handed down a suspended sentence to Kurdish journalist Rahime Karvar on conviction of terrorism-related charges, according to the Expression...
NATO to set up temporary housing for survivors of devastating earthquakes in Turkey
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said the alliance is setting up temporary housing in Turkey and will use its strategic airlift capabilities to transport...
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