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66 former military and police officers face detention over Gülen links

Prosecutors in the Turkish capital city of Ankara have issued detention warrants for 66 people, including active duty and former military officers as well...

1,182 inmates petitioned İHD about rights violations in Turkey’s prisons in 2020

The Ankara-based Human Rights Association (Ä°HD) received petitions from a total of 1,182 inmates in 2020 in which they complained about the rights violations...

52.3 pct of Turks are against withdrawal from Istanbul Convention: survey

A survey conducted by pollster Metropoll has revealed that 52.3 percent of Turks are against the government’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, the...

Turkey registers highest number of daily infections since start of pandemic

Turkey on Thursday reported more than 40,000 new coronavirus infections, its highest daily figure since the start of the pandemic over a year ago,...

The story of a lawyer in Turkey: all alone against the state

Viyan Zabel Kınalı, a 26-year-old attorney at law, is one of the hundreds of lawyers in Turkey whose licenses have been revoked in the...

South African rights advocates vow to defend cause of Turkey’s expelled MP

Türkmen Terzi  Prominent human rights advocates from South Africa promised at an online event to support Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a pro-Kurdish MP who was expelled...

1.5 million euros awarded to plaintiffs from Turkey by rights court in 2020

The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ordered Turkey to pay a total of 1,548,027 euros in awards to plaintiffs in 2020 after...

France says no place for Turkish Milli Görüş group which spurned charter

An influential Turkish religious association founded by the mentor of President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan has no place in France as it goes against French...

Erdoğan sacked top banker for questioning sale of FX under son-in-law’s tenure: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dismissed Naci Ağbal as head of Turkey’s central bank just four months after his appointment because he was uneasy...

AKP bill requiring security investigation for state employment rejected by opposition

A 16-article bill proposed by Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) which stipulates that applicants be required to undergo a security investigation and...

Prosecution of murder of journalist Hrant Dink remains unsatisfactory: CPJ

The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Turkish authorities to conduct an impartial and depoliticized investigation into the killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist  Hrant Dink...

Exit from Istanbul Convention splits Turkey’s women’s rights activists

Turkey's contentious withdrawal from a treaty combating gender-based violence has had a sympathetic response from at least one quarter: a top women's group that...

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