Turkish gov’t keeps Emrah Meydan in prison under life-threatening health conditions
Emrah Meydan, who was jailed March 17, 2016 over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, has been kept in prison despite of his health is...
Jailed Turkish journalist Büşra Erdal: Thanks God, birds not forbidden to visit me
Jailed Turkish journalist and writer Hanım Büşra Erdal has said in a letter sent from her prison ward in İstanbul that she has been waiting...
Turkish police torture brother of a human rights lawyer in Southeast Anatolia
A Turkish human rights lawyer has reported the torture of his brother under custody of anti-terror police in the southeastern city of Şanlıurfa, Cumhuriyet newspaper reported on...
Jailed visually impaired Turkish journalist still lack of lawyer to take assistance for his...
A letter sent by visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, who was sent to prison last July due to his alleged links to the...
Erdoğan’s henchman threatens exiled Turkish journalists with extrajudicial killings
Former speechwriter and a favourite henchman of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and current ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Aydın Ünal...
Turkish soldier torturing a kitten detained following widespread outrage
Following the footage of a cat being tortured by a Turkish Armed Forces soldier has drawn widespread outrage on social media, perpetrator of the torture,...
Father of three released in Turkey only after wife died following heart attack
Engin Öztürk, a father of three who spent 15 months behind bars over his alleged ties to the Gülen movement, has been released only...
Turkish court sentences 82-year-old Türk for 10 years over Gülen links, releases him from...
A Turkish court has sentenced 82-year-old Turkish man, who was in pre-trial detention for more than 15 months, in 10 years in prison over...
The door of Alevi family marked with nationalist/Islamist phrases in İstanbul
The symbol of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) which is an ally for Turkish autocratic Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was drawn at the...
Another Turkish woman detained on coup charges one day after giving birth
Fatma Türkmen, who gave birth to a baby in Ankara on Monday, was reportedly detained on Tuesday over alleged links to the Gülen movement.
According...
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