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AKP accused of poor COVID management after woman dies due to lack of hospital beds
Turkey
April 4, 2021
AKP accused of poor COVID management after woman dies due to lack of hospital beds
Members of the Turkish opposition, dissidents and family members of Aslı Özkısırlar have accused the ruling Justice and Development Party…
Court releases 2 students jailed over protests against partisan Boğaziçi rector
Turkey
April 4, 2021
Court releases 2 students jailed over protests against partisan Boğaziçi rector
An İstanbul court has ruled to release two students who were detained in İstanbul on Feb. 2 during protests against…
Turkish exporters ditching ‘Made in Turkey’ tags to dodge Saudi blockade
Turkey
April 1, 2021
Turkish exporters ditching ‘Made in Turkey’ tags to dodge Saudi blockade
Some Turkish exporters are rerouting food, clothing and other goods to circumvent a months-long unofficial blockade by Saudi Arabia that…
Health Minister Koca invited to speak at WHO on Turkey’s fight against COVID-19
Turkey
April 1, 2021
Health Minister Koca invited to speak at WHO on Turkey’s fight against COVID-19
Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca was invited to speak at a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing about the precautions taken…
Turkey pulls out of landmark treaty protecting women from violence
Turkey
March 22, 2021
Turkey pulls out of landmark treaty protecting women from violence
Turkey on Saturday pulled out of the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women by presidential…
Five civilians killed in Syria’s Idlib – Turkish defence ministry
World
March 21, 2021
Five civilians killed in Syria’s Idlib – Turkish defence ministry
Five civilians were killed and 10 injured in an artillery attack by Damascus-backed forces on a hospital in Syria’s Idlib…
Turkey’s Human Rights Action Plan: “Makeup on a bedridden patient” – Expression Interrupted
Turkey
March 13, 2021
Turkey’s Human Rights Action Plan: “Makeup on a bedridden patient” – Expression Interrupted
The pressure on dissidents in Turkey has spiked up in the aftermath of the2016 failed coup attempt. The country became…
Turkey’s human rights record makes rapprochement with West ‘impossible’
Turkey
March 13, 2021
Turkey’s human rights record makes rapprochement with West ‘impossible’
Turkey’s poor human rights record makes a rapprochement with the West impossible, Simon A. Waldman, an associate fellow at the…
Opposition leader claims domestic violence increased in Turkey after İstanbul Convention
Turkey
March 13, 2021
Opposition leader claims domestic violence increased in Turkey after İstanbul Convention
Temel Karamollaoğlu, chairman of the Islamist opposition Felicity Party (SP), has claimed that cases of violence targeting women increased in…
VIDEO | AfSV statement on the sentencing in the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey
World
March 12, 2021
VIDEO | AfSV statement on the sentencing in the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey
On the occasion of the sentencing of real and alleged perpetrators in the assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey,…