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Mother of 2 hasn’t seen children in 7 months due to distance between prison and home

Zeynep Köyden, a jailed mother of two, said in a letter to Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu that she has not seen...

Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine sends ailing Kurdish politician back to prison after 3-day observation

Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) on Friday sent jailed Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk, who suffers from dementia, back to a maximum security prison...

Turks file more than 2.6 mln complaints with Turkish presidency in 3 years

A senior government official has stated that Turkish citizens have filed 2,671,976 complaints with the Presidential Communications Center (CİMER) in three years, the BirGün...

Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen movement: 2021 in Review

The Gülen movement is a worldwide civic initiative rooted in the spiritual and humanistic tradition of Islam and inspired by the ideas and activism...

Parliament’s Human Rights Committee failing to do its job, says opposition MP

Human rights defender and deputy from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has asked in a parliamentary question why the Turkish Parliament’s...

Turkey ordered detention of 51 people over alleged Gülen links in a week

Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 51 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Stockholm Center...

UNCHR spokesperson says they are investigating the death of 19 migrants on Turkish-Greek border

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesperson Shabia Mantoo on Thursday said they are investigating the circumstances surrounding 19 migrants who froze to...

Turkish police raid IHD Diyarbakır office, detain board member

Turkish police on Thursday raided the Human Rights Association (İHD) Diyarbakır branch, detaining board member Ferhat Berkpınar, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing...

Turkish women’s rights activists urge authorities to take action against stalking

Women’s rights activists in Turkey have urged authorities to amend the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) to make stalking a punishable crime, the Stockholm Center...

AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate civilian deaths caused by armored vehicles

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Tuesday rejected a parliamentary motion by the Peoples’...

Rights groups call for immediate release of Kavala following CoE Committee of Ministers decision

Human rights organizations have called for the immediate release of prominent businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars on a series...

Appeals court upholds sentences handed down to 5 journalists for reporting on intel officer’s killing in Libya: report

A regional appeals court in Ä°stanbul has upheld prison sentences handed down to five journalists over their reports on a Turkish intelligence officer killed...

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