Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu
Prominent rights advocate to run for parliament again amid pressure from supporters
Turkey
March 25, 2023
Prominent rights advocate to run for parliament again amid pressure from supporters
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and a prominent human rights advocate, has changed…
Book tells story of teacher who died in Turkish prison due to lack of medication
Turkey
December 15, 2022
Book tells story of teacher who died in Turkish prison due to lack of medication
A recently published book tells the story of teacher Halime Gülsu, who died in a Turkish prison in 2018 due to deprivation…
IPU urges Turkey to end continued arbitrary detention of former opposition MP
Turkey
June 13, 2021
IPU urges Turkey to end continued arbitrary detention of former opposition MP
The Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), a global organization of national parliaments, has said in a recent decision…
Turkish authorities arrest 76-year-old man suffering from stage three cancer
Turkey
March 31, 2021
Turkish authorities arrest 76-year-old man suffering from stage three cancer
Eyvaz Akıncı, 76, was arrested on March 21 and sent to Istanbul’s Metris Prison for alleged links to a terrorist…
Prominent MP Gergerlioğlu expelled from Turkish Parliament over a 2016 tweet
Turkey
March 17, 2021
Prominent MP Gergerlioğlu expelled from Turkish Parliament over a 2016 tweet
In a move that has created shockwaves in Turkey and the international community, the Turkish Parliament on Wednesday expelled a…
Boy, who battled Turkish state to be with parents, dies from cancer
Turkey
May 12, 2020
Boy, who battled Turkish state to be with parents, dies from cancer
A 9-year-old cancer-stricken Turkish boy, who was in a months-long campaign against the state to be reunited with his parents,…
Purge-victim doctor denied checking account by a Turkish bank
Economy
January 10, 2020
Purge-victim doctor denied checking account by a Turkish bank
Garanti BBVA, a financial services company based in Turkey, refused to open a checking account to a purge-victim medical doctor…
Former diplomats sexually abused with batons and tortured: Bar Association
Turkey
May 29, 2019
Former diplomats sexually abused with batons and tortured: Bar Association
Former Turkish diplomats arrested over terrorism charges claim they have been tortured as well as sexually abused with police batons,…
Turkish teacher jailed over Gülen links dies in prison due to lack of medication
Turkey
April 28, 2018
Turkish teacher jailed over Gülen links dies in prison due to lack of medication
Halime Gülsu, who was arrested on Feb. 20, 2018 for allegedly helping the faith-based Gülen movement, died on Saturday in…
Leading Turkish human rights defender sentenced for Twitter post
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February 24, 2018
Leading Turkish human rights defender sentenced for Twitter post
A former head of Mazlumdar, a prominent Turkish human rights group, Gergerlioglu was sentenced for “disseminating terrorist propaganda”, a charge he denies. The…