Dismissed teacher Onay jailed by Turkish gov’t after 12 days under custody
Nazife Onay, one of the thousands of teachers who were removed from their jobs by decrees issued by the Turkish government in the aftermath of...
Tearful Balıkesir Mayor Uğur resigns in the face of threats to his family
Ahmet Edip Uğur, the mayor of Balıkesir, on Monday resigned in tears under mounting pressure exerted by Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, saying...
EP’s Harms calls on EULEX to look into Turkish teacher case
Rebecca Harms, a member of the European Parliament, on Sunday called on the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) to look...
Teacher under threat of deportation from Kosovo for torture in Turkey
A Turkish teacher named Uğur Toksoy was detained by Kosovo authorities just following a visit by Ankara Chief Prosecutor Yüksel Kocaman, to the land over...
A campaign of awareness organised worldwide for #668Babies in Turkish prisons
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A worldwide awareness campaign was conducted on Saturday in major cities across the world including London, Berlin and Stockholm for 668 babies who were...
Turkish court accepts indictment seeking life sentences for relatives of major coup suspect
A Turkish court in Sakarya province accepted an indictment on Friday against the sister-in-law and the father-in-law of Turkey’s alleged major coup suspect Adil...
Turkish rights NGO says conditions for prisoners in poor health alarming
Prominent pro-Kurdish NGO the Human Rights Association (İHD) has stated that in Turkey there are 1,025 prisoners in poor health, 357 of whom are...
Jailed journalist Alpay: Silivri better than Sağmalcılar, we can take a shower whenever we...
Şahin Alpay, a jailed veteran journalist and columnist of now-closed Zaman daily, has compared the conditions of infamous Sağmalcılar Prison in the wake of...
Turkey persecutes 20 lawyers between 2 and 11 years of prison sentences over alleged...
Turkish government persecuted 20 lawyers, who have been in prison for 15 months, on Friday with prison sentences between 2 and 11 years of...
İHD reports 23 civilians killed by armoured vehicles in last 14 months in Turkey
Turkey's Human Rights Association (İHD) has reported that 23 people have lost their lives after being hit by armoured vehicles used by Turkish security...
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