15.3 C
Frankfurt am Main
- Advertisement -spot_img

TAG

post-coup Turkey

ECtHR finds Turkey violated lawyer Demir’s rights to access information in prison

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday fined Turkey over the local prison administration’s refusal to grant a request for access to...

Parents imprisoned, 11-year-old diagnosed with leukemia

Hakan Dağdeviren, an 11-year-old boy whose parents are imprisoned as part of a crackdown in Turkey targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, has...

Former military officers among 40 sought on Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 40 people, among them former military officers and cadets, over their alleged links to the Gülen...

Report exposes death from torture of Turkish teacher in police custody

A new report from the Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) titled “Tortured to Death” exposes the case of 42-year-old history teacher Gökhan Açıkkollu, who...

Report exposes rights violations, inadequate conditions, in Turkish prisons

A comprehensive report, released last week by the Platform for Peace & Justice (PPJ) on prison conditions in Turkey under a state of emergency...

[VIDEO] Another person detained in Turkey for wearing ‘hero’ T-shirt

A 30-year-old hotel receptionist in Turkey’s resort district of Bodrum, identified only by his initials Ö.C.K, was detained for wearing a T-shirt bearing a...

Pro-gov’t Turkish mafia leader defends threat against Academics for Peace

Pro-government ultranationalist Turkish mafia leader Sedat Peker, who had threatened signatories of the Academics for Peace (BAK) declaration of Jan. 11 2016, has defended...

Imprisoned journalists claim to have been tortured in Turkey

Thirteen inmates including journalists Erdoğan Alayumat and Serkan Erdoğan from the Dicle news agency (Dihaber) and Özgürlükçü Demokrasi daily, respectively, both of which were...

Down Syndrome child accompanies mother in prison as parents jailed over Gülen links

A 22-month-old child who suffers from Down Syndrome is living in jail along with his mother after both his mother and father were imprisoned...

Police detain 32 people over Gülen links in operations across Turkey

Turkish police detained 32 people in several Turkish cities for suspected links to the Gülen movement, which is accused by the government of being...

Education center to job seekers: Prove you’re not ‘FETÖ’ member

An adult education center in Kırıkkale province has asked job applicants to provide a document indicating that they are not affiliated with “FETÖ,” a...

US Senate committee chairman asks if Turkey has become too dangerous for foreigners to visit

Republican Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, on Wednesday questioned whether or not it’s safe for foreigners to...

Latest news

- Advertisement -spot_img