Turkish gov’t detains couple over alleged Gülen links, leaves 3 and 5-year-old daughters alone
Turkish police detained Harun Başaran, who used to be health, culture and sport director of the now-closed Başarı University in Samsun province, and his...
Belgian court sentences Turkish man to prison over online threats targeting Gülen followers
A local court in Belgium’s Limburg province has handed down a six-month jail sentence and a 600 euro fine to a 37-year-old Turkish man...
IAJ calls on EU leaders to not ignore Turkish government’s judicial abuses
The International Association of Judges (IAJ) called on leaders of the European Union to not ignore the Turkish government's judicial abuses in a written...
EP members ask EU leaders to press Erdoğan on rights issues in Turkey during...
Rebecca Harms, spokeswoman for foreign affairs and expert on Turkey in the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, has initiated an open letter with...
US prosecutors drop charges against Erdoğan’s guards who attacked protestors in US
US federal prosecutors have decided to dismiss charges against 11 of 15 members of autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security team after they...
Canada’s Green Party leader on human rights violations in Turkey: I am entirely horrified
Canada's Green Party leader and lawmaker Elizabeth May said during a panel discussion held at the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa on widespread human rights...
CoE’s annual report shows record increase in Turkish prison population
Data released in an annual Council of Europe (CoE) report has revealed an explosion in the prison population of Turkey, with a record increase of...
Turkish agricultural engineer goes missing in Rize province
An agricultural engineer, Nuh Yiğit, has disappeared in the Black Sea province of Rize where he went earlier this week to look for a...
CPT publishes report on İmralı Prison saying conditions satisfactory but…
The Council of Europe's (CoE) Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has published a report on its April 2016 visit to the high-security...
UN calls on Turkish government to stop jailing women with children
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday said 600 women with young children were being held in...
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