Human rights advocates worry Turkey may return Iranian refugees to Iran
Iranian human rights advocates have expressed concern that Iranian refugees in Turkey are at risk of being returned to Iran following a shift in...
Turkey’s pro-Erdoğan daily declares Trump, Pence ‘lunatics of a deviant sect’
The pro-Erdoğan Turkish Yeni Şafak daily claimed on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump and US Vice President Mike Pence are pondering a “crusade,”...
Turkey still the world’s biggest jailer of journalists, says Pen International
Turkey is still the world’s number-one jailer of journalists, said Pen International in its 2019 case list, which monitored 212 cases of repression of writers...
Experts accuse Turkish employers of hiring a growing number of underage workers
An occupational safety expert and a union leader have said that despite regulations, an increasing number of workplaces in Turkey are employing minors and...
No ruling from top court in case of maid found dead in AKP deputy’s...
Although it has been 27 months since an application was filed at Turkey’s Constitutional Court regarding the suspicious death of an Uzbek maid in...
Eight more academics detained amidst protests against post-coup purges
Eight academicians including Professor Mehmet Ali Malas, dean of the faculty of medicine at Katip Çelebi University in İzmir, were detained on Thursday over...
Turkish court rules to release 2 police officers from prison in Hrant Dink case
A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled to release police officers Yakup Kurtaran and Özkan Mumcu, who are standing trial in a case involving the...
HDP announces 318 members including party administrators detained on Monday
The Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has stated that over 318 people including party administrators, provincial-district co-chairs and members have been detained on Monday and...
Turkish parliament’s human rights commission receives over 44,000 complaints in 13 years, makes only...
The Turkish parliament's Human Rights Investigation Commission has received 44,925 complaints about alleged human rights violations over the past 13 years, yet has made...
Sole caretaker of disabled elderly woman detained for alleged Gülen links
Mustafa Said Muğla, the main caretaker for his disabled mother, was detained on Monday in Turkey’s western Manisa province for alleged links to the...
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