Former diplomats detained in Turkey, leading to fears of another round of torture
Turkey
October 23, 2021
Former diplomats detained in Turkey, leading to fears of another round of torture
Turkish authorities on Friday ordered the detention of 29 former diplomats due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement,…
Opposition slams AKP gov’t for Turkey’s placement under FATF monitoring
Turkey
October 23, 2021
Opposition slams AKP gov’t for Turkey’s placement under FATF monitoring
Senior opposition party members criticized the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) after Turkey was placed under surveillance by global…
Victims’ families outraged as court sentences single defendant in Suruç massacre case
Turkey
October 23, 2021
Victims’ families outraged as court sentences single defendant in Suruç massacre case
The families of victims of an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suicide attack in the Suruç district…
Police detain 45 Boğaziçi students for attempting to set up ‘resistance tent’
Turkey
October 23, 2021
Police detain 45 Boğaziçi students for attempting to set up ‘resistance tent’
Turkish police have detained 45 students from İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University for attempting to set up what they call a “resistance…
Prison administration denies inmate release for refusing to show remorse
Turkey
October 22, 2021
Prison administration denies inmate release for refusing to show remorse
Remziye Polat, a 25-year-old woman who has been in prison on a terrorism-related conviction for the past nine years, was…
AKP deputy slams TÜSİAD for urging improved democracy and expressing concern over the economy
Turkey
October 22, 2021
AKP deputy slams TÜSİAD for urging improved democracy and expressing concern over the economy
Fatih Şahin, the general secretary of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), slammed the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association…
Turkish soldiers beat, push Afghan asylum seekers back to Iran: Human Rights Watch
Turkey
October 16, 2021
Turkish soldiers beat, push Afghan asylum seekers back to Iran: Human Rights Watch
Turkish authorities are summarily pushing Afghan asylum seekers crossing into the country from Iran back to Iran, denying them the…
Female refugee in İstanbul attacked, threatened by neighbors, insulted by police
Turkey
October 16, 2021
Female refugee in İstanbul attacked, threatened by neighbors, insulted by police
A refugee who has been living in İstanbul with her children for four months was beaten up and threatened by…
Former HDP deputy sentenced to 20 months for spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’
Turkey
October 16, 2021
Former HDP deputy sentenced to 20 months for spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’
A court in the Turkish province of Van on Friday sentenced Aysel Tuğluk, the former deputy co-chair of the pro-Kurdish…
Journalist Sinan Aygül convicted of spreading terrorist propaganda for publishing an interview
Turkey
October 16, 2021
Journalist Sinan Aygül convicted of spreading terrorist propaganda for publishing an interview
A court in the province of Bitlis convicted journalist Sinan Aygül of disseminating the propaganda of a terrorist organization because…