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404 people tortured, 10 people abducted in Turkey in 2020: TÄ°HV

Four hundred four people were tortured and 10 were abducted in Turkey last year, according to an annual report released by the Human Rights Foundation...

EU presses Turkey to maintain calm in push for better ties

EU leaders on Thursday pressed Turkey to keep de-escalating tensions with the bloc as they eyed improving ties with Ankara after a spike in...

Dismissals, resignations at think tank due to conflict with neo-nationalist leader, journalist claims

The dismissal of 20 staff members and the resignation of several more from a pro-government think tank in Turkey were due to a conflict...

Turkey intervened in 320 peaceful demonstrations in 5 months: report

Turkish law enforcement intervened in 320 peaceful demonstrations across the country and detained at least 2,123 people, violating protestors’ right to assembly, between January...

ECtHR poses questions to Turkish gov’t on processing of raw ByLock data

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has posed a series of questions to the Turkish government concerning the processing of raw data from...

EU considers 3.5 billion euro migrant funding for Turkey: report

The European Union is considering 3.5 billion euros ($4.18 billion) for Turkey to continue hosting Syrian refugees until 2024, two diplomats said on Wednesday,...

CoE asks Turkey to stop stigmatization of LGBTI people

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović has called on Turkey in a letter to two ministers to stop the stigmatization of...

Turkey to seize assets of Gülen and 11 other suspects in Dink murder case

A Turkish court has ruled to declare as fugitives US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen and 11 other defendants in the murder case of Turkish-Armenian...

Satirical magazine dedicates cover to slain HDP staffer Deniz Poyraz

Turkish weekly satirical magazine Leman has portrayed Deniz Poyraz, a young woman who was killed in an attack on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party...

Number of people living in poverty in Turkey rises to 18 mln: TurkStat

The number of people in Turkey who are officially recognized as living in poverty rose to 17,921,000 in 2020, a 714,000 increase over 2019,...

Turkey files extradition request for businessman arrested in Austria

The Turkish government has submitted an official request to extradite from Austria a Turkish businessman involved in a money-laundering scheme in the United States...

AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate police officer suicides

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have rejected a parliamentary motion to investigate a rising...

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