Turkish-German journalist Tolu: No child should see the inside of a prison
Turkish-German journalist Meşale Tolu, who was imprisoned in Turkey for more than half a year, at times held with her 2-year-old son, told Deutsche Welle...
Pro-Kurdish HDP calls Turkish gov’t to stop causing death of sick prisoners
Following the demise of prisoner Koçer Özdal (65), who was seriously ill and died in an intensive care unit while handcuffed to his bed,...
Turkish court rules for continuation of 86-year-old philanthropist Afşar’s imprisonment over Gülen links
A Turkish court ruled on Wednesday for the continuation of 86-year-old Turkish philanthropist Celal Afşar's imprisonment over his alleged links to the Gülen movement.
The...
Singer Tunç claims Turkish military threatening villagers in Tunceli to leave
Turkish singer Ferhat Tunç has claimed that the Turkish military has been trying to get villagers in Tunceli (Dersim) province to sign documents in...
Turkey’s main opposition leader slams police violence against ‘Saturday Mothers’
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), said on Sunday that only a dictatorial administration would order a police...
No news received from Fahri Mert since he was abducted in Turkey’s İzmir 2...
His family and friends have not received any news from Fahri Mert (44), a Turkish citizen abducted in İzmir province two weeks ago, according...
700th gathering of ‘Saturday Mothers’ marred by Turkish police violence, detentions
The Saturday Mothers, who gather every Saturday to bring attention to the cases of people who disappeared while in custody in the 1990s, would...
Turkish professor jailed over alleged Gülen links passes away in prison
Prof. Dr. Sabri Çolak (69), a retired Turkish academic who was jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement, died in prison on Friday...
Turkey’s ‘Saturday Mothers’ to meet for 700th time to seek justice for disappeared loved...
"The Saturday Mothers," a group demanding justice for loved ones who disappeared while in custody in Turkey in the ’90s, will gather for the...
İHD’s Keskin: Fate of 264 forcibly disappeared people in Turkey remains undetermined
"The fate of 264 out of 472 people known to have been forcibly disappeared throughout the 1990s cannot be determined," said Eren Keskin, chair...
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