German police raid apartments of 4 DİTİB imams suspected of spying
German police teams on Wednesday morning raided the apartments of four Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) imams in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate who...
IVR cancels World Congress in İstanbul due to security concerns
The International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR) has canceled its 28th World Congress scheduled to be held in İstanbul...
Sweden deeply concerned about rights violations in Turkey
Swedish government on Wednesday expressed its deep concerns on backslide of human rights, rule of law and crackdown on the opposition and media in...
The Guardian asks: How does it feel to live in Turkey right now?
The commissioning editor for the London-based Guardian daily has released an online survey that asks people living in Turkey whether the ongoing crackdown on...
CoE’s top human rights advocate calls for restoration of media freedom in Turkey
Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, has called for implementing urgent measures to restore freedom of expression in Turkey, stressing that...
Purged academics vow to back to university
A group of academics, who were dismissed from the Marmara University’s Faculty of Law with the most recent government decree, has vowed to back...
BHRC calls on Turkish Constitutional Court to address human rights abuses
Kirsty Brimelow QC, the Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee of the Bar of England (BHRC) and Wales, has written a letter to the Turkish...
Prosecutor cites Twitter messages as terror evidence for critical journalists
In the most bizarre case ever seen in Turkey against 29 indicted journalists, Turkish prosecutor cited Tweets and Retweets amounting legitimate criticisms as evidence...
50 civilians, police officers detained across Turkey over links to failed coup
A total of 50 businessmen, housewives and police officers were detained as part of ongoing operations on Monday targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen...
Germany’s Lammert accuses Erdoğan of perpetrating coup against constitution
Norbert Lammert, the president of Germany’s Bundestag, criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday, saying he had carried out a coup against the...
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