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Mothers and children suffer from overcrowding, sickness and neglect in İzmir’s Şakran Prison

A female inmate on Thursday said women and children in her ward in İzmir’s Şakran Prison were suffering from overcrowding, sickness and neglect, the...

Draft law viewed as attempt to protect pro-gov’t companies from criticism

In a move interpreted as an attempt to save pro-government companies from criticism, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is planning to introduce...

Turkey orders hundreds of detentions over alleged Gülen links in a week

Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 273 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Stockholm Center...

Arrest warrant issued for opposition MP Güzel

An arrest warrant has been issued by an Ankara court for pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Semra Güzel following the refusal by...

80-year-old Kurdish inmate dies of cancer in Turkish prison

Kurdish inmate Abdo Baran, 80, who was suffering from end-stage colon cancer, died on Thursday in southeastern Turkey’s Mardin province after being denied release...

23,737 Turkish nationals sought asylum in Europe last year: EU agency

A total of 23,737 Turkish nationals sought international protection in EU member states, Norway and Switzerland in 2021, according to an analysis released by the...

Turkish police mistreated, beat 13,935 people while detaining them between 2018 and 2021: TÄ°HV

Turkish police employed unlawful tactics including mistreatment and beating while detaining 13,935 people between 2018 and 2021, according to the Human Rights Foundation of...

Family breadwinner and mother of 2 detained for ‘financially aiding terrorism’

Menekşe Turen, a mother of two who became the sole financial provider of her family after her husband’s arrest, was detained on Tuesday in...

HDP deputy calls for investigation into death of Kurdish inmate

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Sait Dede has called for an investigation into the circumstances of the death of a Kurdish inmate in eastern...

ECtHR finds Wikimedia’s application against Turkey inadmissible

The foundation running Wikipedia on Thursday lost its bid to sue Turkey over it blocking access to the online encyclopedia in the country, as...

Ankara Bar president who refused to publish torture report resigns

Ankara Bar Association President Kemal Koranel, who refused to publish a report by the bar’s human rights committee on allegations of torture made by...

End-stage cancer inmate fit to remain in prison, says Turkish Council of Forensic Medicine

The Turkish Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) for the third time has issued a report saying an inmate with end-stage cancer is healthy enough...

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