Turkey’s pro-Erdoğan thugs launch a campaign of insult targeting those who have to live...
Turkey's pro-Erdoğan thugs in abroad have launched a new method of systematic intimidation targeting the dissent people who have to live in exile because...
Inmate tortured to death in Turkish prison, brother claims: report
“My brother was tortured to death in a cell where he was kept alone,” Hakan Tumay, brother of Serkan Tumay, who recently died in...
A young Kurdish man dies suspiciously in Turkish police custody
Turkish police claims on Friday that 24-year-old M.A., who was detained on a road check point in Antalya’s Gazipaşa district, has committed suicide by...
Report: Rights violations increased in Turkey under rule of emergency
A report drafted by the Diyarbakır Bar Association has revealed that there has been a significant increase in the number of rights violations in...
Head of top court in Turkey confirms they don’t have authority to review statutory...
Turkey's Constitutional Court (AYM) President Zühtü Arslan stated that as the top court of the country they don’t have the authority to review the...
Turkey ranks 105th out of 153 countries in regard of safety of women
Turkey has ranked 105th out of 153 countries according to a global index released by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) and the...
‘My 5-month old son is slowly going blind in prison,’ says jailed mother
Betül Selçuk, a physics teacher who has been held in pretrial detention for almost 11 months over alleged links to the Gülen movement, has...
Police violence during protests over İstanbul mayor’s arrest ‘may amount to torture’: Amnesty
Amnesty International has urged Turkish authorities to investigate alleged human rights violations by police during mass protests in March, some of which “may amount...
Jailed police chief Anadolu Atayün’s wife detained by Turkish government
Turkish government has detained Birsen Atayün, the wife of jailed police chief Anadolu Atayün, just days after her 15-year-old son and 17-year-old daughter were...
Pro-Erdoğan Turkish journalists call for assassination of Gülen followers abroad
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Journalists Cem Küçük and Fuat Uğur, who are staunch supporters of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, made a call on Thursday for the...
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