Turkish gov’t reluctant to assign 1,100 newly graduated medical doctors on basis of security...
Turkish government has reportedly not assigned at least 1,100 newly graduated medical doctors, who have still been waiting for the security/intelligence investigation to be...
Activists call on Turkish gov’t to release jailed babies, mothers on World Children’s Rights...
A silent demonstration was held by a group of activists in The Hague, the Parliamentary Capital of the Netherlands, on November 20 World Children’s...
Young epileptic dies of heart attack in Turkish prison
Rıdvan Barış, an 18-year-old inmate in Turkey’s East, on Sunday died of a heart attack, allegedly to the disinterest of prison staff, according to...
‘Turkey Tribunal’ established to adjudicate human rights violations, raise int’l awareness
A “Turkey Tribunal” has been established under the initiative of Belgian-based law firm Van Steenbrugge Advocaten (VSA) to adjudicate recent human rights violations in...
Turkish police accused of detaining, beating 4 men in road rage incident
Four young men in Hakkari province have accused police officers of strip-searching and beating them following a road rage incident with plainclothes officers, the...
Turkish court releases 3 suspects in attack on funeral of HDP deputy’s mother
A Turkish court released three suspects on Friday in their first hearing in a case against an attack on the funeral of Hatun Tuğluk,...
Journalist Aslı Ceren Aslan arrested in Şanlıurfa
It has been reported that the editor-in-chief of Özgür Gelecek newspaper, Aslı Ceren Aslan, who was detained on Feb. 5, 2017 in Şanlıurfa, has...
COMMENTARY — Jihadists who decapitated priests in Syria got help from Turkey’s intelligence
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) had willingly and deliberately helped known Jihadists of Russian nationals who decapitated Aleppo’s Greek Orthodox Bishop Boulos...
Turkish court decides imprisonment of hunger striking educators Gülmen and Özakça to continue
Ankara 19th High Penal Court has decided for the continuation of imprisonment of Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two educators who have been on a...
Rights groups: 285 Turkish nationals face risk of deportation from Pakistan
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organization the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Thursday that 285 Turkish...
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