Another Turkish citizen with Gülen links allegedly disappears abroad
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Turkish citizens Enver Kılıç and Zabit Kişi, who were detained while boarding the plane on September 30, can not be received any news after...
Phone app used by minister slammed for unlawful personal data acquisition
An application on Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu’s smartphone that can determine a person’s identity in just a few seconds after his photo is...
Activist starts serving prison sentence for showing solidarity with Kurdish daily
Well-known activist, writer and journalist Celaletttin Can has been sent to prison to serve a 15-month sentence on conviction of disseminating terrorist propaganda for...
EU expresses concern over Turkish military offensive in Afrin
The European Union (EU) warned on Tuesday that Turkish military offensive against the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin in the northern Syria could derail a...
Second issue of SCF’s weekly newsletter is online
“Turkey Human Rights Dispatch” is the Stockholm Center for Freedom’s (SCF) weekly newsletter. Every Wednesday we share with you the latest developments in the field of...
Turkish women’s rights activists rally to protest sexual abuse in police detention
Women’s rights activists rallied on Saturday in Turkey to protest alleged sexual abuse of female detainees held for participating in demonstrations that erupted following...
Germany accuses Turkey of ‘unacceptable’ spying against Gülen supporters
Boris Pistorius, the Interior Minister for Lower Saxony State of Germany, has accused Turkey of carrying out “unacceptable” spying on its soil amid allegations...
Turkish President Erdoğan issues edict-like decrees reshaping institutions
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued new edict-like presidential decrees on Sunday reshaping key political, military and bureaucratic institutions as part of a transformation...
US State Department: Osman Kavala should be released
The US State Department in a press statement on Monday called for the release of Turkish philanthropist and civil society leader Osman Kavala, who...
Wife of critically ill prisoner urges authorities to release her husband before it’s too...
The wife of Ahmet Zeki Özkan, a 65-year-old man who was arrested last week to serve a sentence for conviction of links to the...
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