Opposition MP accuses justice ministry of lying about mistreatment, torture in Turkish prisons
Human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has accused Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ of lying about mistreatment and...
UN reveals involvement of Turkish intelligence agents in torture sessions in Syria: report
A report issued by a United Nations commission on February 7, 2023 reveals the involvement of Turkish officials in the torture of victims who...
Name of torturer removed from school after public outrage
The name of a military officer who was accused of torturing Kurdish political prisoners following a 1980 military coup in Turkey was removed from...
Family of 14-year-old Kurd pressured by district governor to withdraw mistreatment complaint
The family of a 14-year-old Kurdish teenager who has accused police officers of physical assault has been urged by the local district governor to...
Widespread human rights violations reported in Turkish prisons in 2024
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Pro-Erdoğan columnist: Authorities should use child to make suspect father talk
Following the capture on Monday night of the suspected gunman who last week massacred 39 people at İstanbul’s Reina nightclub, a pro-government columnist, Cemil...
Turkish colleagues appeal int’l community for Journalist Parıldak: Please be Ayşenur’s hope, before it’s...
A group of Turkish journalists who identify themselves as "Ayşenur’s Journalist Colleagues" have appealed the international community and international civil society organizations to "do not leave...
Daughter: Death of Turkish writer who fell from balcony during police raid suspicious
Şeyma Ölmez, the daughter of Turkish writer Mustafa Hikmet Kayapalı who passed away after allegedly falling from a three-storey-building in the Balıkesir province in May...
Banker, jailed unlawfully, faces health troubles in Turkish prison
A bank manager who had been working for Turkey’s one-time largest Islamic lender Bank Asya risks deaths over serious complications of his health in...
753 Turkish workers lost their lives in workplace accidents in last 4 months
At least 753 workers lost their lives in workplace accidents in Turkey during last 4 months following Turkish government's aggressive program titled “Declaration of...
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