404 people tortured, 10 people abducted in Turkey in 2020: TİHV

Four hundred four people were tortured and 10 were abducted in Turkey last year, according to an annual report released by the Human Rights...

Turkish government does not allow jailed pro-Kurdish politician to attend his mother’s funeral

Muhsin Kunur, a pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) member and the former mayor of Şırnak’s Silopi district, who has been in prison over terror...

Turkish gov’t jails 108 babies and children more in past 3 months, bringing total...

The number of babies and children aged between 0 to 6, who are being held in Turkish prisons along with their parents, rose from...

Turkish teacher, jailed over alleged Gülen links, gives birth to her 3rd child in...

Under arrest as part of Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged followers of the Gülen movement since Nov. 3, 2016, history...

HRW to Turkey: Investigate abductions, disappearances in Ankara

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül in a letter to investigate the abductions and disappearances, which may have 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...

Erdoğan’s henchman Külünk allegedly gives order to Erdoğanist thugs to punish Germany’s Böhmermann

German media reported on Wednesday that Metin Külünk, a henchman of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the ruling Justice and Development Party...

Turkish woman, dismissed over alleged links to Gülen movement, dies of brain tumor

Rukiye Öztürk, a Turkish woman who was removed from her job as a Quran teacher over alleged links to the Gülen movement, part of...

Pro-Erdoğan Turkish journalists call for assassination of Gülen followers abroad

https://youtu.be/WnNHtBndxJs Journalists Cem Küçük and Fuat Uğur, who are staunch supporters of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, made a call on Thursday for the...

I could hear the screams of tortured detainees, former bureaucrat says

“During my 10 days in detention, I could hear the screams of other detainees who were being tortured,” said Servet Erdil when talking about...
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