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...
Human rights groups: Malaysian authorities also to blame for Turkish educator’s torture
Malaysian human rights organisations Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) and Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) say Malaysian authorities violated international law by deporting a Turkish teacher to...
Turkish woman returned to prison immediately after giving birth
Yasemin Baltacı, who was arrested over her alleged links to the Gülen movement just two weeks before the end of her pregnancy, was reportedly...
Turkish security forces’ abandoned ammunitions kill 18 children in last 20 months
At least 18 children have lost their lives and 33 more have been wounded in the last 20 months in the blasts of explosive...
Turkish police officer dismissed from job due to alleged Gülen links dies by...
Former police officer Fatih Ç, who was dismissed by government decree under a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a controversial coup...
TURKEY PURGE IN PAST 30 DAYS: 922 dismissed, 1,711 detained, 998 jailed over coup...
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and...
CHP: Turkish prisons turn into death chambers with 215 deaths per year
Three thousand 432 prisoners have lost their lives in Turkish prisons in last 16 years and 215 prisoners lose their lives per year according to Turkey's...
Gülmen and Özakça’s lawyer: They will end hunger strike when their voices are heard
Selçuk Kozağaçlı, the lawyer for imprisoned educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, has said the two will end their hunger strike when they feel...
His daughter pleads for help for jailed Turkish journalist Çetinkaya, citing serious health concerns
Rahime Gül Çetinkaya has begged for help for her father, veteran journalist Tuncer Çetinkaya, who faces the risk of death from serious health complications...
Purge victim reinstated to job after his death
Ömer Faruk Arsoy, a computer technician who used to work at a state hospital in the southern Turkish province of Mersin but was removed...
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