Erdoğanist gang leader says will hang all people linked with Gülen movement
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Sedat Peker, a convicted gang leader and staunch supporter of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said they will hang all people linked to...
Turkey’s war on human rights: 43 rights advocates in police custody for two days
The Human Rights Association (İHD) İstanbul Branch has announced on Monday that 43 human rights advocates, who were detained during their attempt to issue...
Hunger strike of Gülmen and Özakça enters a critical stage on 57th day
Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, a university academic and a school teacher who are among tens of thousands of victims dismissed by notorious government...
Turkish court releases jailed hunger-striking educator Özakça on probation
An Ankara court on Friday has ordered the release of jailed hunger-striking educator Semih Özakça on the condition that he wears an electronic bracelet. However, the court...
Minister accuses Kurdish villagers allegedly tortured by Turkish soldiers of aiding terrorists: report
Turkey’s interior minister, Süleyman Soylu, has claimed that Kurdish villagers Servet Turgut and Osman Şiban, who were allegedly tortured by Turkish security forces in...
Lieutenant tortured in stable: We were called to night training; we opened our eyes...
A lieutenant in the Turkish military taken to a horse stable after a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 recounted the torture...
Inmate details horrific conditions of prison where former police officer was found dead
The statements of a former inmate who was held in the same prison as Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu, a former police officer who was found dead...
Killing of music student Kurkut by police during Nevruz celebrations in Diyarbakır draws ire
The killing of a half-naked young man by the police allegedly “on suspicion of a suicide bomber” during Nevruz celebrations in Diyarbakır on Monday...
Report: 226 women killed by men across Turkey in first half of 2017
A report released by the Umut Foundation has revealed that 226 women were killed by men in the first six months of 2017 across Turkey.
Drawing...
Turkish gov’t obliges alleged terror suspects, convicts in Turkey to wear Guantanamo-like single-type uniforms
Turkish government has issued a new post-coup executive decree (KHK) under the rule of emergency to oblige all suspects and convicts under arrest in...
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