Garibe Gezer, found dead in her cell, was beaten and sexually harassed by prison...

Haşim Gezer, the brother of Garibe Gezer, who was found dead in a prison cell in December, said his sister was beaten and sexually...

Pro-gov’t journalist confesses MİT abducted, illegally questioned Gülen followers

https://youtu.be/AtRHqMN1bFA Abdurrahman Şimşek, Sabah’s special editor for intelligence reporting, admitted on Friday that Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) abducted several people who have links to...

IHD: Systematic abuses surge in Turkey with 50.000 rights violations

Human Rights Association (İHD) Diyarbakır provincial branch head Raci Bilici said that 2016 was a disastrous year for human rights abuses in Turkey since...

Turkish police disturb mourning family and friends of deceased academic Özcerit

Turkish police have reportedly continued to disturb the mourning family members, relatives and friends of the deceased academic Ahmet Turan Özcerit on Tuesday following the...

Woman detained while visiting imprisoned husband on Valentine’s Day

İ.A.O. was detained in Trabzon prison when she was visiting her husband H.O., who had been earlier jailed as part of the government’s post-coup...

Female opposition MPs submit parliamentary question about woman inmate allegedly beaten and sexually harassed...

Twenty-two female deputies from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) asked in a parliamentary question posed to Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül if an investigation...

Pro-Erdoğan Turkish mafia leader defends threat against Academics for Peace

Pro-government ultranationalist Turkish mafia leader Sedat Peker, who had threatened signatories of the Academics for Peace (BAK) declaration of Jan. 11 2016, has defended...

Turkish police once again stop ‘Saturday Mothers’ protest for disappeared people

Turkish riot police on Saturday stopped a group known as the Saturday Mothers, who have gathered every week since the 1980s to silently protest...

Turkish gov’t re-jails pro-Kurdish deputy who was released only weeks ago

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Siirt deputy Besime Konca, who was released by a Batman court on May 3 after spending five months in...

Turkish military operation footage screened in stadium before Amedspor match

Footage of a Turkish military operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was projected on the scoreboard of a stadium on Saturday, just...

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