Turkish Embassy spied on critical journalist in Denmark, helped build false criminal case, secret...
Abdullah Bozkurt
The Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen profiled and monitored a Denmark-based Turkish journalist who was critical of the government in Ankara and had been...
No peace possible in Turkey without Alevi involvement, pro-Kurdish party co-chair says
Tülay Hatimoğulları, co-chair of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), declared at the 13th British Alevi Festival in London that any...
Top court finds rights violations in prosecution of Kurdish politician Demirtaş
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found rights violations in the trial of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who was prosecuted due to slogans promoting the...
Turkey’s top court will review discriminatory law on release of prisoners
The Turkish Constitutional Court decided on Wednesday to review the constitutionality of legislation on the execution of sentences that was recently approved by parliament...
Suicide attempt of girls in Turkish state-run protection facilities raises alarm
The recent suicide attempts of five girls on the same day in a child protection facility affiliated with the Turkish Ministry of Family and...
Turkish drone strike kills 4 in northeast Syria: monitor
A Turkish drone strike on Tuesday killed at least four people in a northeast Syrian city held by Kurdish forces, the latest in a...
Inmate dies from COVID-19 at İstanbul’s Silivri Prison: statement
The İstanbul Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday announced the death of an inmate at Silivri Prison from COVID-19, adding that the number...
Strasbourg protesters call on Council of Europe to act: ‘Justice for everyone’
Nearly 2,000 Turkish expatriates, purge victims, rights advocates and lawmakers gathered Wednesday in front of the Council of Europe (CoE) headquarters in Strasbourg to...
Erdoğan gov’t has not been receptive to UN visit on arbitrary detentions in Turkey...
Turkey has refused to allow an official visit of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which had ruled in recent years against the...
Turkey detains hundreds in renewed anti-Gülenist frenzy after COVID outbreak
Turkish authorities on June 9 ordered the detention of hundreds of people, military and civilian alike, as part of a massive crackdown targeting the...
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