Veteran destitutes of social security coverage after being dismissed in post-coup purge
Being a veteran is no relief from Turkish government's post coup witch hunt as M. Erhan Çelik , a former police officer who lost...
Post-coup prisoner says threatened with rape, beaten almost to death
In the latest of firsthand letters revealing the re-emergence of torture in Turkish prisons, an Antalya arrestee reportedly said he was beaten so badly...
340 intellectuals urge Turkish gov’t to take steps to end hunger strike in prisons
While the indefinite and irreversible hunger strike, that pro-Kurdish political prisoners launched on February 15, 2017 has entered a critical stage on its 52th...
Hunger strike in prisons enters a critical stage on 52nd day
The indefinite and irreversible hunger strike, that pro-Kurdish political prisoners launched on February 15, 2017 for an end to the isolation of outlawed PKK...
Jailed vet diagnosed with cancer, not allowed for treatment
Turkish veterinarian Harun Vural was diagnosed with cancer during his term under pre-trial detention, however, the prosecutor in charge denies him permission to stay...
Gülen sympathizer says suffered sexual assault, beatings, asphyxiation in prison
M.E., a 34-year-old Turkish man who used to work at a student dormitory affiliated with the Gülen movement, has told the New York Times...
Police detain 8 lawyers protesting arrest of Cumhuriyet attorneys
Turkish riot police used force to disperse a group of lawyers who held a sit-in protest at the İstanbul Courthouse on Thursday in protest...
Turkey jails disabled teacher after dismissing him and his wife from profession
A Denizli-based teacher, Raşit Uzantı, has been arrested days after he was dismissed from his profession along with her wife who used to work...
VIDEO — Erdoğan says they will not give Gülen sympathizers right to live
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Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has likened the sympathizers of Gülen movement to "cancer virus" again and has reiterated that they "will continue...
Jailed teacher’s kids with Down syndrome suffer huge in absence of him
M.O., a dismissed teacher and father of two kids with 92 and 98 percent disability ratings, has reportedly been jailed in an Antalya prison for...
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