Petition campaign launched in Turkey for release of ailing 78-year-old female prisoner
A petition campaign has been launched for the release from prison of 78-year-old Sise Bingöl, who is suffering from heart and lung disease and...
Academic arrested by Turkish gov’t over alleged Gülen links denied prescribed medication for 11...
İbrahim Yakut, an associate professor who was arrested in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016 due to his...
HRW: Chemical castration for those convicted of sex offences would violate human rights
Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Tuesday that the Turkish government's plan to implement chemical castration for those convicted of sex offences against children would...
UN expert Melzer says deeply concerned by rise in torture allegations in Turkey
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer has expressed serious concerns about the rising allegations of torture and other ill treatment in Turkish police...
Turkish teacher Gökhan Açıkkollu, tortured to death under police custody, reinstated to his job...
It has been revealed that Turkish teacher Gökhan Açıkkollu, who was tortured to death under police custody in the wake of a controversial military coup attempt...
Presenter of Turkey’s Erdoğanist Akit TV vows to start killing civilians in İstabul’s secular...
Ahmet Keser, the presenter for “Gün Başlıyor,” broadcast on the radical Islamist Akit TV channel, which is a staunch supporter of Turkey's Islamist and...
Turkish court sentences Kurdish journalist to 8 years in prison
A Turkish court has sentenced Kurdish journalist Muhammet Doğru to 8 years and 6 months in prison on Monday. It was reported that journalist...
Turkish police to journalist: If you don’t speak, we’ll throw you off balcony
Turkish police have reportedly raided the house of journalist Buğrahan Aydoğan in Çorlu district of Tekirdağ province on Sunday night for the second time to...
Turkish physics teacher detained over Gülen links, baby left to neighbor’s care
Derya Erkan, a physics teacher in the Black Sea province of Samsun, was detained on Monday for alleged membership in the Gülen movement and...
Turkey’s Erdoğan vows to pursue Gülen movement followers who ‘escaped the sword’
Amid an ongoing witch-hunt targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday said he would not end his campaign...
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