PACE report lambasts Turkey on severe restrictions to access to a lawyer
A draft report by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) lambasted Turkey on severe restrictions placed on access to lawyers by...
Turkish gov’t prevents sacked teachers to work in private sector
Turkish government ordered private companies to not hire teachers who were dismissed from public schools as part of massive purge launched against critics and...
Court testimony reveals torture in detentions in Turkey
A Turkish Air Force officer testified in the court about how soldiers who were accused of involving in the coup were subjected to torture...
Detained wives of Turkish officers subjected to abuse, letter reveals
A letter shared by imprisoned wives of Turkish military officers reveal how they were subjected to torture and abuse while they were under detention...
Persecution in Turkey left kids with a Down Syndrome suffering tremendously
The unrelenting witch-hunt persecution against critics and opponents in Turkey by county’s Islamist rulers knows no boundaries when it comes to traumatizing kids and...
Scandal over Turkish spy imams in Europe reaches to Norway
It turns out that the alleged spying network that involved Turkish imams who were accused of profiling critics and opponents of Turkey’s president in...
Oppression targeting pro-Kurdish HDP mounts all sides ahead of referendum
Turkish government’s oppression targeting pro-Kurdish People’s Democracy Party (HDP) has geared up with new arrest warrants for HDP deputies and new seizures of pro-Kurdish...
Pro-gov’t TV claims $100,000 bills were given to senior Gülen executives
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Nazif Karaman, Sabah daily special intelligence director and a commentator for the pro-government A Haber TV, claimed on Wednesday that $100,000 bills, which were...
AKP deputy urges Turkey to investigate spying activities by Germany
Amid tensions between Turkey and Germany over spying imams, ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Metin Külünk urged prosecutors to investigate possible spying...
Woman detained while visiting imprisoned husband on Valentine’s Day
İ.A.O. was detained in Trabzon prison when she was visiting her husband H.O., who had been earlier jailed as part of the government’s post-coup...
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