Black humour: Erdoğan says no group’s freedom has deteriorated in 16 years of AKP...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that the freedom of no individual or an ethnic or religious group had deteriorated in Turkey...
Turkish prosecutor summons 25 more people as potential witnesses in Khashoggi murder case
A Turkish prosecutor has summoned 25 more people as potential witnesses in the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate General...
Health is most critical issue in overcrowded Turkish prisons, says NGO executive
Civil Society Association for Law Enforcement Systems (CISST) executive board member Berivan Korkut has said health is the most critical issue in overcrowded Turkish...
Report: At least 58 suspicious deaths identified in Turkish prisons since July 15, 2016
At least 58 suspicious deaths have occurred in Turkish prisons since a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016, said a report released on...
Turkish gov’t denies sharing Khashoggi audio recordings with US
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Friday denied that audio recordings involving the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi were shared with US Secretary...
Turkish man jailed over alleged Gülen links dies as result of poor medical care...
Mehmet Özbir, 41, on Tuesday died of cancer that developed when he was in pretrial detention over Gülen links and which caused his health...
Reports: Saudi journalist Khashoggi decapitated in Turkey after fingers cut off
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was decapitated on Oct. 2 inside Saudi Arabia's consulate in İstanbul after torture during which his fingers were cut off,...
Jailed with Gülen sympathizers, Brunson says prison in Turkey like ‘living in a mosque’
Andrew Brunson, the American pastor who was detained in Turkey for two years before his release on Friday, told ABC News on Tuesday that his...
Turkish President Erdoğan: Some ‘material’ at Saudi consulate in İstanbul painted over
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday some "materials" at the Saudi consulate in İstanbul where critical journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared two weeks...
CoE calls on Turkey to take further steps on violence against women
The Council of Europe (CoE) on Monday called on Turkey to take further action to comply fully with the Istanbul Convention’s provisions on violence...
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