Ankara governor bans protests to prevent support for hunger strikers
The Ankara Governor’s Office has announced that a ban has been imposed on all protest activities in the city for a period of one...
Kurdish Alevi university student allegedly brutalized in apparent hate crime
A university student in İstanbul has been allegedly brutalized by roommates due to his Kurdish and Alevi identities, according to local media reports.
The student,...
Journalist claims Turkish man missing for 133 days tortured, forced to sign deposition
Journalist Erk Acarer has claimed that Ümit Horzum, a former civil servant who was found 133 days after he went missing in Ankara, was...
Businessman Demirkale becomes latest suspicious death in a Turkish prison
Davut Demirkale, a Turkish businessman who was arrested over his alleged links to the Gülen movement on July 8, 2018 in southern city of Mersin,...
An armored vehicle used by Turkish security forces kills old woman in Diyarbakır’s Lice...
An old woman named Pakize Hazar has reportedly lost her life when she was hit by an armored vehicle used by Turkish security forces...
Turkish professor diagnosed with cancer denied passport although acquitted of all charges
Haluk Savaş, a Turkish professor of psychiatry who was expelled from his university by a government decree, has been denied a passport despite the...
Academic Gülmen in critical condition as the hunger strike hits 61st day in Turkey
Academic Nuriye Gülmen suffered from low blood pressure on May 8, or the 61st day in a hunger strike she has been staging along...
Swedish-Turkish journalist wanted by Turkey returns to Sweden
Swedish-Turkish journalist and writer Hamza Yalçın, arrested in Spain in August at the request of Turkey, has returned home to Sweden after Spain decided...
Man abducted from Tajikistan faces risk of torture, Turkish MP says
Opposition deputy and leading rights advocate Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu expressed concern on Wednesday that Koray Vural, a businessman who is believed to have been...
Turkey’s opposition vow to resist against Erdoğan’s intensifying oppression
The leaders of Turkish opposition parties have harshly reacted the Sunday government decree enforcing a one-color uniform on all prisoners across Turkey and also brought immunity...
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