Danish court rejects extradition of alleged PKK executive due to Turkish torture of prisoners
A Danish court decided on Wednesday to release a Kurdish man who was claimed by the Turkish government to be an executive of the...
Turkish judiciary releases 3 men involved in murder of alleged child kidnapper
Turkish judicial authorities have released three men involved in the killing of a man who had allegedly attempted to abduct two children in İstanbul’s...
EU says provision of funeral services a question of decency, human rights
A spokesperson for the European Union has criticized the denial of a hearse to transport the bodies of three people, including two infants, who...
Bursa Mayor Aktaş refuses to provide hearse for 3 drowned Turkish refugees, including 2...
Bursa Mayor Alinur Aktaş, who was appointed by Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to replace the elected mayor, has refused to...
76-year-old Kurdish woman to remain in Turkish prison despite deteriorating health
Tarsus State Hospital has reportedly issued a scandalous report for a 76-year-old Kurdish woman jailed in Mersin province, claiming that Sisê Bingöl, whose health...
Turkey’s top court rules 4,25 square meters space sufficient for prisoners
Turkey's Constitutional Court has said in a recent ruling that 4,25 square meters of living space per inmate in prison, including common living areas,...
82-year-old man suffers fatal heart attack as Turkish police struggle to detain him
Yusuf Topal, an 82-year-old Turkish man, died from a heart attack on Saturday while police were trying to take him into custody in Giresun,...
6 die when boat carrying 16 people affiliated with Gülen movement capsizes in Aegean
An inflatable boat carrying 16 people affiliated with the Gülen movement en route to the Greek island of Lesbos in northwestern Turkey capsized on...
‘Saturday Mothers’ gather for 696th time in İstanbul to demand justice for disappeared children
Turkey's "Saturday Mothers" gathered at İstanbul's Galatasaray Square for the 696th week demanding justice and truth for their disappeared children.
This week’s gathering was dedicated...
Turkish woman returned to prison immediately after giving birth
Yasemin Baltacı, who was arrested over her alleged links to the Gülen movement just two weeks before the end of her pregnancy, was reportedly...
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