EU says provision of funeral services a question of decency, human rights
A spokesperson for the European Union has criticized the denial of a hearse to transport the bodies of three people, including two infants, who...
17 detained as Turkish police intervene in Women’s Day celebrations in Ankara, Tekirdağ
Turkish police teams on Sunday detained 17 people involved in International Women’s Day celebrations in Ankara and Tekirdağ provinces.
Ten people were detained in front...
A letter from prison shows tortures have taken a systematic form in Turkey’s prisons
A letter sent by Evrim Konak, an inmate in Gebze Type M Women’s Prison, to pro-Kurdish media outlets indicates heavy pressures and tortures have...
Body of Turkey’s purge victim family’s 2nd child found in Evros River
The body of five-year-old Mesut Akçabay, who went missing along with his mother and two other siblings on July 19 when the boat carrying...
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