CHP deputy asks about 7 abducted purge victims in parliamentary question
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has submitted a parliamentary question to the Parliament Speaker’s Office in which he...
Jailed journalist Usluer given forced haircut in Turkish prison
Wardens at İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison reportedly forced Oğuz Usluer, a former news coordinator at HaberTürk TV, who has been behind bars since Dec....
Cellmate lawyer recounts torture leading to 2016 death of Turkish teacher in police custody
A Turkish lawyer who shared a police detention cell with teacher Gökhan Açıkkollu has said he witnessed signs of torture before Açıkkollu died in...
Police violence during protests over İstanbul mayor’s arrest ‘may amount to torture’: Amnesty
Amnesty International has urged Turkish authorities to investigate alleged human rights violations by police during mass protests in March, some of which “may amount...
Pro-Kurdish HDP calls Turkish gov’t to stop causing death of sick prisoners
Following the demise of prisoner Koçer Özdal (65), who was seriously ill and died in an intensive care unit while handcuffed to his bed,...
Head of Amnesty International visits jailed Turkey director in infamous Silivri Prison
Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty has eventually visited the international rights group’s jailed Turkey director İdil Eser and called for her release, along...
Wives and children of 3 detained Turkish educators in Gabon also taken into police...
The spouses and children of three detained executives of the Ecole la Lumière, a school in Gabon's capital of Libreville that is affiliated with the...
Turkish police mop floor with mother, wife of jailed educator on hunger strike
Turkish police mopped the floor with Sultan Özakça and Esra Özakça, the mother and wife of Semih Özakça, an educator who was jailed after...
Woman, detained at hospital and jailed with 3-day-old baby over alleged Gülen links, released
Aysun Aydemir, was detained at the hospital just after giving birth to a baby in an elective caesarean procedure and subsequently arrested by a...
SCF’den çarpıcı darbe raporu: ‘15 Temmuz: Erdoğan’ın Darbesi’
İsveç merkezli düşünce kuruluşu Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF), geçtiğimiz yıl gerçekleşen tartışmalı darbe girişimi ile ilgili kapsamlı ve çarpıcı bir rapor yayınladı.
“15 Temmuz:...
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