Turkey’s prison commissions add months to sentences: report
The Administration and Observation Commissions in Turkey’s prisons have extended time served for at least 271 prisoners by up to ...
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Religious hate crimes surge in Turkey in 2022: Report
A report by the Freedom of Belief Initiative (İnanç Özgürlüğü Girişimi) on 'Hate Crimes Based on Religion, Belief or Disbelief ...
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Hunger striking political prisoners held alongside ISIS affiliates in Iraqi Kurdistan, families plea support
The lives of political prisoners Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er are at risk, held alongside Islamic State (ISIS) affiliates and ...
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Elderly Kurdish prisoner freed after 27-year contention of innocence
Mehmet Emin Özkan, a gravely ill 84-year-old Kurdish political prisoner, was set free on Monday, marking an end to a ...
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Turkey systematically violates anti-torture convention, says pro-Kurdish HDP
Turkey systematically violates the UN Convention against Torture, said the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on Monday, marking the International ...
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Turkey violated rights of jailed former HDP co-chairs: European Court ruling
The former co-chairs of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) were deprived of effective legal assistance during detention within the ...
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A “Turkish Century” in the new world order – a weekly news review
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was re-elected president of Turkey because he controlled the media and most state institutions, and his most ...
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Violent house raids, post-election detentions in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast
*Updated at 17:30 (CET) A series of post- election house raids resulted in violent beatings and detentions on Monday in ...
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Daily News: 26 May 2023
As Turkey prepares for the second round of presidential elections, the suppression of Kurdish voters and dissenting voices has become ...
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Saturday Mothers: “Our vote is for democracy”
The Saturday Mothers, a group who have been meeting in Istanbul's Galatasaray Square for 946 weeks to demand justice for ...
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