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Turkey continued to punish dissent in 2020: Amnesty annual report

Turkey continued to apply broadly defined anti-terrorism laws to punish acts protected under international human rights law in 2020, disregarding fair trial guarantees and...

5,000 Boğaziçi University alumni call on pro-gov’t rector Bulu to resign

A total of 5,000 graduates of İstanbul’s prestigious Boğaziçi University have jointly called on new rector Melih Bulu, a member of the ruling Justice...

Opinion polls stop HDP closure case

Cevheri Güven Sources close to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have said that opinion polls presented to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan prompted him...

EU chiefs express deep concerns on rights in Turkey to Erdoğan

The European Union's top two officials said Tuesday they expressed deep concerns about human rights in Turkey in their first meeting in a year...

Erdoğan ally renews call to shut down Turkey’s top court

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's far-right ally, renewed his call to shut down Turkey's Constitutional Court on...

Admirals’ statement hints at tension between Erdoğan, anti-NATO officers

Cevheri Güven A declaration released jointly by 104 retired admirals has brought civilian-military relations and coup speculation back into the limelight in Turkey. The admirals...

Erdoğan accuses former admirals of ‘political coup’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday accused 104 retired admirals of "hinting at a political coup" by criticizing his plans for a new...

‘I don’t want him to die in prison,’ says spouse of lymphoma patient imprisoned over Gülen links

The wife of Veysel Alıcı, who was arrested in February on charges of links to the Gülen movement despite his lymphoma, told the Bold...

Court releases 2 students jailed over protests against partisan Boğaziçi rector

An İstanbul court has ruled to release two students who were detained in İstanbul on Feb. 2 during protests against a pro-government figure who...

AKP accused of poor COVID management after woman dies due to lack of hospital beds

Members of the Turkish opposition, dissidents and family members of Aslı Özkısırlar have accused the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of failing to...

Global outcry as Turkish rights advocate MP hospitalized after forcible detention

Prominent rights activists around the globe, in addition to Turkish dissidents, have condemned the detention by force of former opposition MP and prominent human...

Turkish police detain expelled rights advocate MP, says son

Turkish police on Friday detained a politician from a pro-Kurdish party two weeks after his expulsion from parliament over terror charges linked to a...

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