Turkish gov’t to testify in ECtHR for deaths during curfews in southeast Anatolia
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will ask Turkish authorities to testify concerning human rights violations and the killing of civilians by the...
Jailed Turkish Air Forces’ colonel reportedly losses his life in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison because...
A Turkish lawyer has stated on Friday that a military officer jailed in İstanbul's notorious Silivri Prison has lost his life because of the...
Imprisoned journalists claim to have been tortured in Turkey
Thirteen inmates including journalists Erdoğan Alayumat and Serkan Erdoğan from the Dicle news agency (Dihaber) and Özgürlükçü Demokrasi daily, respectively, both of which were...
Diyarbakır Bar files criminal complaints against Turkey’s pro-gov’t journalists Küçük, Uğur
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The Diyarbakır Bar Association on Wednesday filed a criminal complaints against pro-government Turkish journalists Cem Küçük and Fuat Uğur for “inciting crime” and “praising...
PPJ report exposes human rights violations and inadequacy of Turkish prisons
A comprehensive report, released last week by Platform for Peace & Justice (PPJ) on the prison conditions in Turkey under the state of emergency...
Turkish government seeks to revoke citizenship of another 99 people including a 23-year-old
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has released a list of 99 people who are currently abroad and who will be stripped of their citizenship if they...
8,5-month pregnant woman under arrest in Turkey though baby faces heart, kidney problems
With only days to go before the delivery, a Turkish woman in Kayseri province is still held under arrest even though her baby has...
Turkish Medical Association’s 8 detained members released
Eight members of the Turkish Medical Association’s (TTB) central council who were detained last week over a critical statement on Turkey’s military operation in...
Teacher Gürer dies due to reappearance of cancer in Turkish prison where he was...
A veteran Turkish teacher who was jailed as part of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement...
Human rights bodies: 5,268 people tortured under Turkey’s state of emergency
A total of 5,268 people, including 133 children, were reportedly subjected to torture in Turkish prisons, under police custody, outside of detention facilities, during...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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