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Tortured, robbed and pushed back to Turkey, migrants face rogue force in Greece

A Turkish migrant who fled Ankara's crackdown on dissent has given a detailed account of push-back on Greek soil to Bold Medya, in a...

Students strip-searched, maltreated during ECtHR president’s Turkey visit

Turkish police violated regulations and strip-searched 23 female university students detained on Aug. 31 during the visit to Turkey of European Court of Human...

Prosecution demands jail terms for journalists over reporting on Turkish black op in Libya

A prosecutor has demanded sentences ranging from eight to 19 years for journalists over their reports on a Turkish intelligence officer killed in Libya,...

Rights groups urge Turkey to release philanthropist jailed for ‘espionage’

Several rights groups have urged Turkey to immediately release Osman Kavala, a philanthropist and businessman jailed on espionage charges, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said...

Ankara has become Turkey’s Wuhan, professor says

According to daily data published by the Health Ministry, in the last few days Turkey's capital of Ankara has experienced double the number of...

Outrage boils over as ECtHR president meets with Turkish President ErdoÄŸan

European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) President Róbert Ragnar Spanó met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the presidential palace on Thursday, drawing...

30 students detained over alleged Gulen links denied right to consult a lawyer

Thirty university students detained by Turkish police over alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement entered the fourth day of detention on Thursday without being...

Rights advocates urge ECtHR president to address rampant violations during Turkey visit

The Turkish-based Human Rights Association (Ä°HD) and several rights advocates have called on the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) president to vocally criticize...

Turkey denounces US decision to lift arms embargo on Cyprus

The United States will lift a 33-year arms embargo on Cyprus, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, prompting an angry response...

ECtHR president’s upcoming visit to Turkey sparks indignation among dissidents

A two-day visit to Turkey by European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) President Róbert Ragnar Spanó that entails accepting an honorary doctorate from Istanbul...

EU ‘deeply saddened’ by death of Turkish lawyer on hunger strike

European Commission spokesman Peter Stano on Saturday said the EU was "deeply saddened" by the death of Ebru Timtik, a Turkish lawyer who succumbed...

Turkey denied German military plane overflight permit: Spiegel

Turkey at the end of July blocked an Armenia-bound German military aircraft from entering its airspace, Spiegel reported on Friday. According to Spiegel, Turkish air...

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