Turkey
Recent arrests aimed at preventing pro-Kurdish HDP from entering elections, former mayor claims
October 16, 2020
Recent arrests aimed at preventing pro-Kurdish HDP from entering elections, former mayor claims
Ayhan Bilgen, a former co-mayor from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who was recently arrested along with 16 other…
Outrage boils over as photos reveal suspicious death of inmate in Turkish prison
October 16, 2020
Outrage boils over as photos reveal suspicious death of inmate in Turkish prison
Postmortem photos of former Deputy Police Chief Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu, who was found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkey’s Gümüşhane…
Missile launched near Turkey’s Black Sea coast after S-400s deployed-video
October 16, 2020
Missile launched near Turkey’s Black Sea coast after S-400s deployed-video
The Turkish military purportedly shot a missile into the sky near the country’s Black Sea coast, where there was an…
Podcasts are the reason Ankara is targeting Spotify, pundit says
October 13, 2020
Podcasts are the reason Ankara is targeting Spotify, pundit says
The audio streaming platform Spotify, which faces a ban in Turkey if it does not abide by a government notice…
105 active duty soldiers among 167 sought in post-coup purge
October 13, 2020
105 active duty soldiers among 167 sought in post-coup purge
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 167 people, at least 105 of whom are soldiers on active duty, in…
Majority-Kurdish town denied Internet access for a year for ‘security reasons’
October 9, 2020
Majority-Kurdish town denied Internet access for a year for ‘security reasons’
Nusaybin, a predominantly Kurdish town in Turkey’s southeastern province of Mardin, has been suffering from restricted Internet access since a…
Prosecutor demands aggravated life for Kavala in new indictment
October 9, 2020
Prosecutor demands aggravated life for Kavala in new indictment
An Istanbul prosecutor in a new indictment has demanded an aggravated life sentence for Osman Kavala, a prominent businessman and…
Parliamentary oversight of Turkish gov’t expenditures to be abolished
October 8, 2020
Parliamentary oversight of Turkish gov’t expenditures to be abolished
The Turkish parliament will soon debate a bill that will remove government expenditures from parliamentary oversight, Turkish media outlets reported…
Hate speech targeting Armenians in Turkey on the rise, warns opposition lawmaker
October 8, 2020
Hate speech targeting Armenians in Turkey on the rise, warns opposition lawmaker
Incidents of hate speech and war propaganda targeting the Armenian minority in Turkey have been increasing amid the recent Azerbaijani-Armenian…
Council of Europe, rights watchdog condemn arrest of pro-Kurdish politicians
October 3, 2020
Council of Europe, rights watchdog condemn arrest of pro-Kurdish politicians
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Council of Europe (CoE) have denounced Ankara’s recent crackdown on politicians from the pro-Kurdish…