Report: Turkish government keeps 2,800 children behind the bars
It is reported on the occasion of November 20 Children's Rights Day that Turkish government has kept 2,800 children behind the bars across Turkey,...
After 13 years of pain, 13-year-old Kaymaz’s police killers could not be found in...
The murder of a Kurdish man and his son Uğur Kaymaz, who fell victim to 13 bullets from a police gun on Nov. 21,...
Turkish gov’t detains 36 on-duty soldiers, police officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
At least 36 people, including on-duty military officers and police officers, were detained across Turkey on Saturday over their alleged links to the Gülen...
Turkish court rejects appeal for release for hunger-striking educator
A Turkish court in Ankara rejected an appeal for the release of Nuriye Gülmen, who has been detained for six months on a terror...
Gülen-inspired JWF reiterates its call for int’l community to establish a committee to investigate...
The Journalist and Writers Foundation (JWF), affiliated with the Gülen movement, that has been widely and systematically persecuted by Turkish government, has called inter-governmental organisations...
Seriously ill 81-year-old Turkish man ordered to remain in prison on coup charges
A Turkish court on Friday ruled for continuation of the imprisonment of 81-year-old Mustafa Türk, who suffers from debilitating health problems.
Türk was taken into...
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...
TBB head Feyzioğlu draws ire over supporting Turkish gov’t’s massive rights violations
Metin Feyzioğlu, the head of Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB), has drawn ires from Turkey's democratic circles, jurists and social media users following...
Turkish journalist Şen gets years of prison sentence over being relative of major coup...
Journalist Erdal Şen together with Ali Sami Yıldırım, the two relatives of Turkey’s alleged major coup suspect Adil Öksüz, have been handed down a jail sentence of...
Turkish journalist Bünyamin Aldı faces over 22 years in jail over donation
A young journalist who is a video editor at a national TV station in Turkey has been behind bars for 315 days over a...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...