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Turkey’s 2016-2018 state of emergency a ‘social genocide program’: report

Turkey’s state of emergency from 2016 to 2018 took a heavy toll on some 1.5 million citizens, turning into a “social genocide program,” according...

Former Turkish judge beaten by guards in prison, daughter reveals

Hüsamettin Uğur, a former member of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals who has been isolated in a one-person cell in a Kırıkkale prison since...

İstanbul Convention for preventing domestic violence splits Erdoğan’s party

The İstanbul Convention, signed by member countries of the Council of Europe in 2011 to promote women’s rights and prevent domestic violence in societies,...

Turkish purge victim, rights activist loses battle against cancer

Haluk Savaş, 54, a leading human rights activist and a victim of a large-scale post-coup purge in Turkey, lost his battle against cancer on...

Wife pleads for help for jailed husband after serious health problems emerge

Esra Terzioğlu, the wife of a jailed TV director who has serious health problems, has asked for help from officials in a video posted...

Another man testifies about torture by security officers during enforced disappearance

Yasin Ugan, who had been missing for six months before suddenly reappearing in police custody, has revealed in court that he was tortured by...

Ministry seizes elderly woman’s house she donated to Gülen-linked foundation

Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry seized the house of an 87-year-old woman in the western province of Manisa because she donated it to a...

Documents reveal Ankara has obtained identities of hundreds of Turkish asylum seekers in Greece, Germany

Turkey’s intelligence agency has obtained information on the identity of hundreds of Turkish nationals who have applied for asylum in Europe, especially in Greece...

Suspected remains of unsolved murder victims found in SE Turkey: report

Human remains that might belong to dozens of victims of unsolved murders in Turkey’s Southeast in the 1990s have been found in a cave...

Another İstanbul church attacked amid growing hostility toward Christians: report

Another church has been attacked amid growing hostility towards Christians in Turkey, which includes arrests, mysterious disappearances, unresolved murders and a history of rights...

Jailed journalist with cancer losing hope after higher court upholds conviction

A jailed Turkish journalist diagnosed with cancer has been losing hope to survive, according to his daughter, after a regional appeals court upheld his...

‘Not just coronavirus but injustice also kills,’ jailed journalist says

Büşra Erdal, a jailed journalist struggling with a judicial system that has deteriorated since a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016, said in a recent letter...

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