Turkey Scores 31 out of 100 in Media Freedom
Decline in the press freedom lead the internet to be an alternative, the Freedom House report said.
ECHR fines Moldova for expelling Turkish teachers at Ankara’s request | Ahval
Report on Halfeti by Urfa Bar Association: The Detained Subjected to Sexual Torture
A growing chorus of international bodies and human rights activists are calling on authorities to investigate allegations of sexual, physical and psychological torture of Turkish diplomats while in custody. “On May 20, four plain-clothed
The Times – Hannah Lucinda Smith – Jun 3
A leading Turkish legal organisation has said that former diplomats arrested in a coup-related sweep are being tortured in prison. The Ankara Bar Association spoke to six former staff of the Turkish foreign ministry who were detained in the
When Turkish journalist Arzu Yildiz reported a major scoop in 2014, she had little idea that the story might lead to the end of her journalism career, the loss of her home, and separation from her family. Yildiz, then a reporter for the Turkish
Author: Amberin Zaman (Turkey Pulse) At least 27 former Turkish diplomats, including one woman, have been arrested as suspects in an alleged conspiracy amid mounting evidence that many of them were tortured and threatened with rape.
To review certain books seems like an impertinence. This is one of them. It speaks for itself with such clarity, certainty and wisdom that only one thing needs to be said: read it. And then read it again. It is a short book, divided into brief
Elif Shafak: novelist calls writers to speak up on crackdown in Turkey
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