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Torture, ill-treatment rampant in Turkey following 2016 coup: report
A report jointly published by London Advocacy and Human Rights Solidarity shows how, based on interviews with victims as well as reports from prominent...
Turkey sees record rise in number of civil servants under AKP rule
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which promised to downsize state institutions to reduce public spending when it first came to power in...
Turkey issues another arrest warrant for jailed businessman Kavala: report
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Turkish court issued a new arrest warrant on Monday for Turkish businessman and
philanthropist Osman Kavala, who was re-arrested last month after his acquittal
in a...
[UPDATE] Turkish court re-arrests businessman Kavala one day after acquittal in Gezi trial
An İstanbul court on Wednesday evening ordered to arrest Osman Kavala, a businessman and rights activist, over his alleged role in a 2016 coup...
European Parliament’s Turkey rapporteur criticizes Ankara’s anti-terror approach
The European Parliament’s Turkey Rapporteur Nacho
Sanchez Amor has criticized Ankara’s excessive use of terrorist labeling,
saying that calling everyone a terrorist undermines real counterterrorism
efforts.“If we...
Detention warrants issued for 56 on charges of restructuring Gülen-linked education activities
The chief public
prosecutor’s office in the southern Turkish province of Adana has issued
detention warrants for 56 people on accusations that they were restructuring
educational activities...
Remains of 2 soldiers who went missing during 2016 coup in Turkey found: report
The bodies of two sergeants who went missing on the night of a failed coup in Turkey on July 15, 2016 were recently found...