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Turkish judge draws criticism for saying women should not demonstrate against femicide

A judge at the İstanbul 58th Penal Court of First Instance sparked criticism from women’s rights activists after saying during a hearing that women...

Rights violations in Turkish prisons increased in 2021, says Diyarbakır Bar’s annual report

The annual report on the violation of human rights in Turkish prisons published on Thursday by the Diyarbakır Bar Association has revealed that rights violations...

5 journalists get suspended sentences, 1 acquitted of charges in RedHack trial

A Turkish court has handed down suspended sentences to five journalists and acquitted another one of charges in a trial concerning their reporting on...

Motherless children left to care of relatives after father sent to prison over Gülen links

Two motherless children aged 7 and 2 were left to the care of their relatives in different cities after their father was sent to...

2 men beaten by police who raided the wrong house

Two men were beaten by narcotics police in Mersin province who allegedly raided their house by mistake, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported on...

National lottery sees 30 pct drop in ticket sales due to loss of trust after privatization

Kiosks selling national lottery tickets have suffered a 30 percent decline in sales for the New Year’s drawing due to a lack of trust...

Body in potter’s field identified as refugee thrown into river by Turkish gendarmes

A body buried in a potter’s field in İstanbul has been identified as one of the refugees who were allegedly thrown into a river...

HDP lawmaker asks Human Right Committee to investigate claims of mistreatment in prison

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu requested yesterday that the Turkish Parliament’s Human Rights Committee investigate claims of mistreatment and torture in...

Turkish far-right group beat Afghan man and shared video on social media

A new Turkish far-right group shared a video on social media yesterday showing one of their members beating an Afghan refugee in an apparent...

Late-stage cancer patient arrested over Gülen links

Refik Yeşil, 68, a late stage cancer patient, was arrested on Monday on terrorism charges for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the...

Facebook bans pro-Kurdish rights Mezopotamya news agency’s account

Facebook has banned the verified account of the pro-Kurdish rights Mezopotamya news agency (MA), which had 100,000 followers, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported...

Leader of right-wing party warns Turkish citizens of ‘Syrian threat’ in anti-migrant social media post

Ümit Özdağ, leader of the newly established far-right Victory Party (ZP), warned Turkish citizens of a “Syrian threat” in a video shared on Twitter on...

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