Turkey releases end-stage cancer patient after 4 years in prison

A Turkish court on Tuesday released Yusuf Özmen, a stage 4 cancer patient who spent over four years behind bars despite repeated calls for...

Migrant women subject to sexual harassment and physical violence on their journey to Turkey,...

Sociologist Didem Danış has said migrant women face many hurdles on their journey to Turkey, including sexual harassment and physical violence. Speaking to BBC Turkish...

Enforced disappearance: 2 more men abducted by armed group in broad daylight in Ankara

Özgür Kaya and Yasin Ugan, both of Ankara, were reportedly abducted from their apartment building on Wednesday, with police saying they have no information...

Report shows how tools to fight terrorist financing help authoritarian gov’ts punish opponents

A new report delves into how authoritarian governments, including Turkey, misuse international anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing (AML/CFT) regulations to suppress political opponents, targeting individuals and...

Kurdish journalists detained in police raids in southeastern Turkey

Journalists Ertuş Bozkurt and Mikail Barut were detained on Sunday in police raids on their homes in southeastern Diyarbakir province, the Bianet news website...

Turkish entertainment TV station suspends broadcasting, claiming political pressure

Turkey’s second oldest private TV station, Flash TV, an entertainment outlet, has announced a self-imposed suspension of broadcasting for two months, claiming heavy political...

Turkish prisons struggling with severe overcrowding, says DEM Party MP

Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu said in a social media post on Monday that Turkish prisons were struggling with severe...

Thousands of migrants illegally deported from Turkey, says Syrian Associations Platform chairman

Mehdi Davud, chairman of the Syrian Associations Platform (Suriyeli Dernekler Platformu), in an interview said thousands of migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq had...

Pro-Kurdish party’s co-chair under investigation for alleged terrorist propaganda

Sezai Temelli, the co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), is being investigated for allegedly spreading “terrorist propaganda,” Turkish media reported on Tuesday. The...
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Former cadet serving life sentence on coup charges reportedly on verge of suicide

Muhammed Macit, a former cadet serving a life sentence in Ankara, recently told a visitor he was considering suicide, the Tr724 news website reported. During...

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