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Elderly woman subjected to police violence during protest in Ankara

Perihan Pulat, 75, sustained several injuries after police used excessive force to disperse protestors in Ankara’s Yüksel Street on May 1. Several public servants, Acun...

AI: Chilling climate of fear sweeping across Turkey under state of emergency

"A chilling climate of fear is sweeping across Turkish society as the Turkish government continues to use the state of emergency to shrink the...

PACE calls on Turkey to postpone early elections: Overall legitimacy at stake

The Monitoring Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), meeting in Strasbourg on Tuesday, expressed concern about early presidential and parliamentary elections...

Erdoğan would like to teach CHP deputy a lesson over coup night remarks

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticized an opposition deputy over his remarks concerning the whereabouts of Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on the night of...

Erdoğan walks out of Turkish Parliament due to state of emergency criticism

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan left a special session in the Turkish Parliament on Monday earlier than expected when opposition party leaders directed criticism...

CHP leader says he condemns July 20 coup in reference to state of emergency

Leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized an ongoing state of emergency declared on July 20, 2016 shortly...

US has ‘concerns’ about Turkey holding fair elections under state of emergency

The United States said on Thursday it had concerns about Turkey’s ability to hold free and fair elections given an ongoing state of emergency,...

EU calls on Turkey to end state of emergency

The European Commission (EC) on Tuesday called on the Turkish government to "lift the state of emergency without delay," saying that widespread dismissals, arrests...

Thousands of CHP supporters hold sit-in protest in Taksim against OHAL

Thousands of supporters of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) held a sit-in in İstanbul’s Taksim area on Monday protesting government plans to...

MHP leader says continuation of state of emergency a national obligation

Leader of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahçeli has expressed his strong support for the continuation of a state of emergency known as OHAL,...

English PEN report: Freedom of expression in jeopardy in Turkey

The rise of criminal cases involving freedom of expression in Turkey under a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a military coup...

UN to Turkey: End state of emergency, torture, ban on dismissed civil servants

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday called on the Turkish government to promptly end an ongoing...

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