Turkish businessman affiliated with Gülen movement abducted in Baku
Mustafa Ceyhan, a Turkish businessman allegedly affiliated with the Gülen mowement, was reportedly abducted in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku on Thursday as part...
Teacher Gürer dies due to reappearance of cancer in Turkish prison where he was...
A veteran Turkish teacher who was jailed as part of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement...
Turkish HR defender Gergerlioğlu writes details of latest abduction scandal in Ankara
Prominent Turkish human rights defender and writer Ömer Faruk Gergeroğlu has penned an article detailing the April 21 abduction in Ankara of Orçun Şenyücel,...
Turkish government puts 705th baby behind bars on Children’s Day
On April 23, National Sovereignty and Children's Day, the 705th infant went to jail with its mother, who is accused by the Turkish government of links...
Civil servant purged by Turkish gov’t abducted in Ankara, says parent
Orçun Şenyücel, a former public employee who was dismissed from his job at the Competition Authority in 2016, has been abducted by an unknown...
Abducted Turkish citizen subjected to heavy torture at Ankara Organized Crime Bureau
Ümit Horzum, a Turkish citizen who was abducted from his car in Ankara on December 6, 2017 and handed over to the Ankara police last...
COMMENTARY — The US State Department is still confused about Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The US State Department appears to have not fully grasped the gravity of the situation in Turkey in the face of a...
CCBE urges release, medical treatment of detained Turkish lawyer
Antonín Mokrý, president of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), which represents the bars and law societies of 45 countries...
US Human Rights Report: Turkish gov’t violates laws prohibiting arbitrary arrest, detention
The Turkish government has not always observed the requirements of law that prohibit arbitrary arrest and detention and provide for the right of any person to...
US Human Rights Report: Lack of access to health care remained a problem at...
Overcrowding, particularly following the mass detentions after a 2016 coup attempt and lack of access to adequate health care remained problems at Turkish prisons...
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