Recent İHD report exposes severe rights violations in Turkish jails
Turkey's Human Rights Association's (İHD) recent report has exposed the violations in Turkish prisons which include poor or no medical care given to sick...
Two expelled educators detained on 75th day of their hunger strike
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Turkish police, after midnight on Sunday, have raided the houses belonging to Semih Özakça and Nuriye Gülmen, educators who went on a hunger strike...
JWF report reveals Gülen affiliated science schools, seized by Turkish gov’t, turned into hub...
A report, released by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) on March 2017 on the fate and state of private educational institutions and educators...
Leftist activist visits grave of teacher tortured to death by Turkish police after coup
Veli Saçılık, a sociologist and leftist activist, has visited the grave of Gökhan Açıkkollu, a teacher who was tortured to death while in police...
Kurdish Red Crescent: Turkish military shelling kills 17 women, wounds 44 more in Afrin
Kurdish Red Crescent (Heyva Sor) has announced that Turkish military's shelling has killed 17 women and wounded 44 women seriously in Afrin province of...
Turkey’s Saturday Mothers reclaim right to bury their loved ones
The Saturday Mothers met for the 710th time on Saturday to demand justice and truth for their children and relatives who disappeared while in...
Former Turkish prosecutor held in solitary confinement for 500 days
Former İstanbul prosecutor Sadrettin Sarıkaya has been held in solitary confinement for more than 500 days, according to his son Seyfullah Sarıkaya.
Sadrettin Sarıkaya, the...
Decorated commander of Turkey’s elite Maroon Berets, nominated for a senior UN post, brutally...
A former commander of the Turkish Special Forces, nominated for a UN post as a senior security officer, revealed in a petition to the...
Turkey keeps sick inmate in prison after repeated intensive care treatment
Sabri Kaya, an inmate in an Osmaniye detention facility with a heart condition, was sent back to prison after several visits to intensive care...
İHD’s Yoleri slams Turkish gov’t plans to force coup suspects to wear prison uniforms
Gülseren Yoleri, a prominent human rights activist and the head of the Human Rights Association’s (İHD) İstanbul Barnch, has slammed Turkish government's plans to force...
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