2 men beaten by police who raided the wrong house
Two men were beaten by narcotics police in Mersin province who allegedly raided their house by mistake, Mezopotamya news agency reported on Thursday.
İsmail and...
2,991 people died in Turkey in 2021 due to ‘violations of the right to...
At least 2,991 people died in Turkey last year due to "violations of the right to life" according to an annual report released on Monday...
Exhibit in former Gestapo prison exposes extent of purge in Turkey
The Purge Museum (Tenkil Müzesi in Turkish), an initiative that collects and exhibits items belonging to individuals who survived Turkey’s massive crackdown on the...
Jailed Kurdish leader refuses prison visits due to ‘humiliating’ body search: lawyer
Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been in prison for almost eight years, is refusing to see visitors because of a new requirement that...
UN committee to review Turkey’s record on torture and ill-treatment
The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) is set this week to review Turkey’s record of torture and ill-treatment amid growing concerns from human...
Young Turkish protesters endure harsh treatment in police custody
After rising up to rally against the arrest of İstanbul’s powerful opposition mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, young Turkish protesters have been forced to wake up...
Hunger strike of Gülmen and Özakça enters a critical stage on 57th day
Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, a university academic and a school teacher who are among tens of thousands of victims dismissed by notorious government...
Wife of abducted man complains about indifference by Turkish authorities on the case
Emine Özben whose husband Mustafa Özben was abducted on May 9, 2017, said Turkish police and prosecutors have been unwilling to investigate the missing...
HRW to Turkey: Investigate abductions, disappearances in Ankara
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül in a letter to investigate the abductions and disappearances, which may have been...
Former Turkish director of Pak-Turk school, his family kidnapped from Lahore
Former director of Pak-Turk School, Mesut Kaçmaz, a Turkish national, has reportedly been kidnapped along with his family in the early hours of Wednesday...
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