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Turkish police beat human rights lawyer while under detention

Turkish human rights lawyer Tugay Bek, under detention for the past four days, was battered by police officers when he resisted efforts to handcuff...

HRW report: Turkey’s silencing of media, assaults on press freedom shield state from scrutiny

A report by US-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) released on Thursday said that Turkey’s government has all but silenced independent media in...

[VIDEO] Turkish woman says ‘My husband and I sacked by gov’t decree. I have cancer, he is in jail.’

“My husband is in jail. He was the only person who took care of me. What am I supposed to do now? The cancer...

AKP mayor designs dungeon displaying Gülen, PKK mannequins with fake rats

Erkan Hayla, mayor of the Kale district in Denizli province from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), has designed a dungeon in a newly...

60K teachers purged over coup charges, yet Turkey celebrates another Teachers Day

Turkey celebrated this year’s Teachers Day with grief since around 60,000 teachers have been the victims of a purge launched by the Justice and...

HRF condemns shutdown of 370 civil society organizations in Turkey

The New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) on Tuesday strongly condemned the shutting down of 370 civil society organizations as part of new state...

[VIDEO] Justice minister defends disputed bill, saying would release early marriage offenders, not rapists

Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Friday that a bill brought to Parliament late Thursday night by ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

UN’s special rapporteur Kaye to visit Turkey to assess situation of freedom of expression

David Kaye, a clinical professor of law at the University of California, Irvine, designated a special rapporteur by the United Nations Human Rights Council,...

Jailed Turkish prosecutor’s wife: My husband is slowly dying in solitary confinement

“My husband has cancer and needs special treatment. It is unlikely that he can get that under his current poor prison conditions. Please hear...

[VİDEO] Erdoğan says Turkey will reintroduce death penalty despite EU norms

The Turkish government does not care about what “Western countries” say about the planned reinstatement of capital punishment, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

6-months pregnant woman with 13-month-old child held in overcrowded cell

Buket Büyükçelebi, a six-months-pregnant academic with a 13-month-old child has been kept in a 33-person holding cell in a Gaziantep prison for three months,...

EU report expresses concern about purge against Gülen movement

The progress report on Turkey that was issued on Wednesday by the European Commission expressed concern over the Turkish government's purge against Gülen movement...

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