Hunger striker educators in Turkey allowed to have companions in hospital
Lawyer for hunger striker Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça have said the jailed educators, who are on the 160th day of a hunger strike,...
Davut Türkel, a 59-years-old detainee, dies under police custody in Turkey
59-years-old Davut Türkel was added to the list of those who suspiciously died under the custody of Turkish police in the aftermath of a...
Jailed Amnesty director says Turkey holding them hostage to threaten Germany
Director of Amnesty International (AI) Turkey Idil Eser, who has been jailed since her detention on July 5 together with nine other human rights...
More Turks report stress, depression and anxiety in Erdogan’s Turkey
The escalating crackdown on fundamental rights and freedoms in an increasingly repressive regime of Turkey under the autocratic leadership of president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
İstanbul Police Chief calls on neighborhood guards to not hesitate to use weapons
İstanbul Police Chief Mustafa Çalışkan has called on the neighborhood guards to not hesitate to use their weapons when necessary, during a speech on...
Military report says prime Turkish coup suspect Öztürk was hostage at Akıncı Airbase
A report prepared by the Special Forces Command regarding a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016 says former Turkish Air Forces Commander and...
Turkish police break arm of Gezi Park victim’s mother while detaining her
Turkish police broke the arm of Gülsüm Elvan, the mother of Berkin Elvan, who was killed during the Gezi Park protests in 2013, while...
OBS calls Turkey to release jailed human rights defenders immediately, unconditionally
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme between the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for...
Turkish court sends woman to prison on coup charges hours after surgery
Ayşe Bulut Yanılma, a female teacher who used to work at a prep-school affiliated with the Gülen movement, has been arrested by a Turkish...
BBC report: Women with 6-month-old infants in jail due to emergency rule in Turkey
Hundreds of women are in pretrial detention in jails across Turkey with their infants, some of them less than six months old, due to...
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