Anti-Gülenist witch-hunt reaches new levels, with dozens arrested for ‘spreading COVID-19 across Turkey’
The recent arrest of Gülen movement members by police for “spreading COVID-19 across Turkey” reveals how the anti-Gülenist witch-hunt has reached new levels in...
‘Murder every day’: Turkish women fearful after treaty exit
Turkish women feel more vulnerable and legally unprotected since Turkey withdrew from a convention that activists argued helped deter male violence, according to women’s...
Int’l press bodies urge Turkish gov’t to implement Constitutional Court decision to free journalists
International press bodies including PEN International, ARTICLE 19, European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, European Federation of Journalists, Human Rights Watch, Index on Censorship,...
Turkish lawmakers meet with Öcalan in landmark visit
Turkey’s parliament said Monday that a group of lawmakers met with Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of Kurdish militants, on İmralı Island, in the first officially...
Jailed post-coup victim judge dies after ICU hospitalization
A former member of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals who was disbarred in the aftermath of a failed coup and subsequently jailed due to...
Smugglers force asylum seekers to stay in barns and shacks in Turkey’s southeastern Van...
Migrant smuggling has become an increasing problem on Turkey's southeastern border as traffickers force refugees to stay in barns and shacks in terrible conditions,...
Where is Yusuf Bilge Tunç?
Yusuf Bilge Tunç disappeared in broad daylight on August 6, 2019, leaving no trace behind. He has not been heard from since. All the...
Former Council of Europe rights chief says ECtHR has ignored the pattern of Turkey’s...
A former human rights commissioner at the Council of Europe said the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) had weakened its own credibility by...
Kosovo under Turkish gov’t pressure detains 5 Turkish educators over alleged links to Gülen...
Kosovo police detained five Turkish educators who are employees of the Mehmet Akif schools in Kosovo and an academic early Thursday morning over alleged...
After his release, Türk said his imprisonment was unlawful
The Kurdish co-mayor of Mardin, Ahmet Türk, who was in jail for 43 days, said after his release on Friday that his imprisonment was...
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