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,...
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...
HDP deputy Gergerlioğlu: 700 babies live in extremely poor conditions in Turkish prisons
“There are 700 babies in prisons and they have been living in extremely poor conditions. Prisons are not for babies,” human rights activist...
Turkish gov’t cuts disability benefit for blind journalist serving prison sentence
Visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, who was jailed in July 2017 over alleged links to the Gülen movement, sent a letter through his...
Lawyers denied access to abducted men now in police custody: Ankara Bar Association
The Ankara Bar Association on Thursday released a statement reporting that four Gülen followers who turned up in police custody after being missing since...
Nordic Monitor reveals content of censored Council of Europe torture report on Turkey
Documents detailing torture and abuse in Turkish prisons and detention centers obtained by Nordic Monitor explain why Turkey has for four years blocked the...
Turkish prosecutor who approved torture chambers at unauthorized site identified: report
Torture chambers set up at an unofficial detention site in Turkey’s capital city of Ankara that were the subject of a Council of Europe...
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party members subjected to police violence during house raid
Meryem Aşkara, a member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), claimed she was beaten and threatened by special forces police who raided her...
Top court rules no rights violation in case of police chief found dead in...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled there was no rights violation concerning the imprisonment of a former police intelligence chief who was found dead in...
2,694 people killed, 3,145 mistreated or tortured in Turkey in 2021: report
An annual report on human rights violations in Turkey, drafted by main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) lawmaker Sezgin Tanrıkulu, has revealed 2,694 deaths...
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