Strip-search is an ongoing practice in Turkish prisons, opposition deputy says
Strip-search is an ongoing practice in Turkish prisons, human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu said on Tuesday in...
Turkish court releases coup suspect general on probation
An Antalya court on Wednesday ruled for the release of former Antalya 3rd Infantry Training Brigade Commander Brig. Gen. Mustafa Kaya, who has been...
CHP deputy Tanrıkulu says he is receiving death threats after remarks on armed drone...
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has said he is receiving death threats following his remarks on the use of...
Jailed NASA scientist asked to engage in spying for Turkey in US
Serkan Gölge, a 37-year-old physicist and research scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the US who was jailed last summer...
Turkish TV Producer Mehmet Semiz faces 22-year in jail over cancelling Cable TV subscription
A young journalist who is the producer and presenter of a culture program on a national TV in Turkey has been behind bars for...
Another man testifies about torture by security officers during enforced disappearance
Yasin Ugan, who had been missing for six months before suddenly reappearing in police custody, has revealed in court that he was tortured by...
Turkish teacher tells story of horrific torture under 30-day police detention in Ankara
“I was subjected to severe torture. They threatened me, saying, 'Either you will talk or you're going to die.' After they tortured me, they...
Doctor bears witness to torture in Turkish mass detention center: Rape with police truncheon...
A medical doctor who was assigned to conduct physical examinations in a gymnasium-turned-mass detention center following a failed coup in Turkey in 2016 spoke...
Turkish woman detained over alleged Gülen links along with 40-day-old baby while visiting jailed...
Zehra Elbir, a former court clerk who was earlier dismissed from her job in the government’s post-coup purge of state institutions, was detained only...
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...
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