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Turkish Twitter users stand against sexual harassment and unlawful strip searches in Turkish prisons: report

Sexual harassment and unlawful strip-searches in Turkish prisons and detention centers were protested on Twitter on Tuesday and Wednesday after human rights activist and...

Prominent deputy says commission unlawfully denied him reinstatement to his job as a medical doctor

A petition submitted by Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a member of the Turkish Parliament and a prominent human rights activist, to a commission seeking reinstatement...

Toll of neglect in Turkish prisons: Ex-colonel buried by family after 4 years in jail with congestive heart failure

The family of Barış Avıalan, a former colonel who had been in jail on coup charges since July 18, 2016 in the wake of...

30 students detained over alleged Gulen links denied right to consult a lawyer

Thirty university students detained by Turkish police over alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement entered the fourth day of detention on Thursday without being...

Mother of 2 detained by police for second time over Gülen links

Yasemin Baltacı, 29, a mother of two, was detained again on Monday in Turkey’s Tekirdağ province as part of an investigation into the faith-based...

State-run bank cancels client’s credit card due to dismissal from state job in post-coup purge

Turkey’s state-run Halkbank has admitted that it canceled a credit card last year due to the fact that the owner of the card was dismissed from...

Elderly inmate tested positive for COVID-19, Turkish opposition deputy claims

Member of the Turkish parliament and human rights defender Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu on Tuesday claimed that a 70-year-old inmate in Sincan Prison in Ankara has tested positive...

Turkish deputy launches campaign for release of prisoners over coronavirus concerns

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a member of parliament and one of Turkey’s most prominent human rights defenders, has submitted legislation for the postponement of prison sentences due to...

Turkish woman arrested while pregnant in violation of law gives birth: report

Elif Tuğral, who was arrested in October while pregnant over alleged ties to the Gülen movement, on Friday gave birth at a Turkish hospital where gendarmes...

Turkish businessman dies from cancer after belated release from prison

Medeni Arifoğlu, a Turkish businessman who was jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement, has succumbed to cancer after he was belatedly released from prison despite...

Purge victim teacher denied right to inherit late father’s estate: report

Kemal Gökçe, a former teacher who was dismissed on allegations of terrorism from his job after a 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, was denied his claim...

Opposition deputy says Turkey’s ‘judicial reform’ did not address problems of purge victims

After the first omnibus bill of Turkey’s planned judicial reform was passed by parliament, Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a prominent opposition deputy and human rights activist, said...

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