Pro-Kurdish DEM Party MP Temelli demands urgent reform for prisons and the disappeared
"We must face the truth—there are thousands of disappeared in this country and not even their graves are known," said ...
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Sick prisoners central to Turkish judicial reform talks amid historic peace efforts
In Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır (Amed), in eastern Turkey, Kurdish legal organisations and civil society groups are urging the Turkish government to ...
Press freedom in Turkey is being suffocated by courts, prisons and tear gas
Nedim Turfent In the 2024 World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders, Turkey ranked 158th among 180 countries. ...
Turkey’s prisons hold 1,412 sick inmates, rights group reports
Turkey’s prison authorities are detaining at least 1,412 sick inmates, with 335 in severe condition, according to a report released ...
Torture claims spark concern as Turkish minister denies allegations
Allegations of torture, including strip searches and ill-treatment, have raised concerns in Turkey, particularly following the detention of students involved ...
Political prisoner deaths highlight healthcare crisis in Turkish jails
Tarık Taş, released from Tekirdağ T-Type Closed Prison on 24 August 2024 after 30 years as a political prisoner, died ...
Erdoğan’s expansionist vision: To bring all of Syria under Turkish control
In an interview with Jacobin, Kurdish representative Îlham Ehmed and Foreign Relations Co-chair of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North ...
SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi warns of imminent Turkish attacks on Kobani
In an interview with theworld.org's Shirin Jafaari, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) General Commander Mazloum Abdi warned of an imminent Turkish ...
European Council rapporteur seeks to visit Kurdish leader Öcalan in Turkish prison
The Turkey rapporteur for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Stefan Schennach has declared solitary confinement practices in ...
Turkish government rejects dialogue process on Kurdish question
An adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Mehmet Uçum, has denied that Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) ...
