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Torture, ill-treatment rampant in Turkey following 2016 coup: report

A report jointly published by London Advocacy and Human Rights Solidarity shows how, based on interviews with victims as well as reports from prominent...

Turkey’s ultranationalist party seeks ban on sex reassignment surgery

The far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), an ally of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), is working on legislation that bans sex reassignment...

Child bride from religious cult breaks silence, sparking outrage in Turkey

Criminal complaints filed by the daughter of a man affiliated with a Sunni sect based in İstanbul has sparked outrage in Turkey due to...

Saudi Arabia will soon make $5 billion deposit with Turkey: Saudi finance minister

Saudi Arabia will place a $5 billion deposit at Turkey's central bank "within days," Reuters reported, citing the kingdom's finance minister, Mohammed al-Jadaan, on...

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals declines to uphold 9-year sentence for former mayor

The 16th Criminal Chamber of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has declined to uphold a prison sentence of nine years, four months and 15...

[OPINION] What is Erdoğan’s plan for northern Cyprus?

Ahmet Yılmaz* “Step by step. It will also happen…” said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in an oblique tweet on Nov. 11 announcing the observer...

Opposition party leader injured in knife attack in his Ankara office

An unidentified assailant attacked an opposition party leader with a knife in his office in Ankara, Turkish media outlets reported. The politician, Öztürk Yılmaz, leader...

At least 28 women were murdered in Turkey in November: report

At least 28 women were murdered across Turkey in November, according to a monthly report by the Bianet news website. Bianet drafts a list every...

World Psychiatric Association calls for immediate release of top doctor and human rights activist Fincancı

The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) has called on the Turkish government to ensure the immediate release of the head of a leading doctors’ union in...

Turkey sentenced 67 people to 299 years in prison in freedom of expression trials: report

A trial monitoring study by the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) has revealed that 67 people in Turkey were handed down 299 years,...

Oil tanker jam forms off Turkey after start of Russian oil cap: report

A traffic jam of oil tankers has built up in Turkish waters after Western powers launched a “price cap” targeting Russian oil and as...

Turkish prisons at 16 percent overcapacity: report

Turkish prisons are holding 49,518 more prisoners than their overall capacity, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing the latest data from the Directorate...

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