Turkish Council of Forensic Medicine: Jailed elderly woman faking severity of illness
A medical report prepared by Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) for Sisê Bingöl, an elderly and ailing woman who is serving time on...
State of emergency victims in Turkey earn less than $150 a month: report
A report released by the Society of Justice for Victims has revealed that the average monthly income of some one and a half million...
Woman with 45-day-old baby arrested as part of witch-hunt in Turkey
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and human rights defender Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu on Wednesday reported another human rights violation in Turkey, saying that a woman...
Autopsy reveals significant negligence in death of jailed Turkish teacher: opposition deputy
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and human rights activist Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu tweeted on January 14, 2019 that negligence was involved in the death...
743 children jailed with their mothers in Turkey, rights group reveals
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There were a total of 743 children jailed along with their mothers in Turkey’s prisons as of Nov. 16, according...
Ailing 85-year-old Kurdish woman in Turkish jail: Take me to my village before I...
Sise Bingöl, an 85-year-old Kurdish woman who was arrested by the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and was returned to prison...
Turkish gov’t jails yet another woman with 25-day-old baby
Ayşe Şeyma Taş, who gave birth 25 days ago, was jailed together with her newborn baby by the Turkish government led by President Recep...
Purge-victim judge couple reunited with daughter after 29 months in Turkish prison on coup...
Neslihan and Hüseyin Ekinci, both former judges in the Turkish judicial system, finally saw each other on Tuesday night and were reunited with their...
Turkish special forces storm Kurdish family home in Van’s Erciş district
Special forces of the Turkish police (PÖH) and gendarmerie (JÖH) attacked a family home in the village of Çobandüzü in the Erciş district of...
Turkish gov’t cuts disability benefit for blind journalist serving prison sentence
Visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, who was jailed in July 2017 over alleged links to the Gülen movement, sent a letter through his...
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