Ahmet Altan did not surrender. He is kept as a prisoner for three years now…

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Turkish Journalist Ahmet Altan completes third year behind bars | Ahval

Tuesday marks the third anniversary of the imprisonment of prominent Turkish novelist and…
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has rejected an appeal by the Turkish government over the court’s decision on detained former Constitutional Court member Alparslan Altan, Euronews Turkish reported on Wednesday. Altan was detained by

The Washington Post – Ahmet Turk – Sep 6, 2:40 PM

Ahmet Turk is a veteran Kurdish politician in southeastern Turkey. On March 31, I was reelected as the mayor of Mardin, Turkey. For me, as for so many of my colleagues in the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), this was no ordinary vote —

The Committee to Protect Journalists – Aug 21, 10:00 AM

Istanbul, August 21, 2019 – Turkish authorities must immediately release the seven journalists who were detained by police since August 19, as well as all journalists jailed for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Ministry of Interior Publishes its Decree on Trustees in Kurdish As Well

Bianet :: English 
Removing the Metropolitan Mayors of Diyarbakır, Van and Mardin from office and appointing the governors as trustees in their
Turkey’s Authorities Tight-Lipped Amid Families’ Quest to Find Missing Ones
Families’ efforts to find their missing ones bogged down in Turkish Parliament as the ruling party killed off

Two Paralyzed Prisoners and One Prisoner Who Does Not Have Hands Stay in Same Cell

Bianet :: English 
“They are aware that they have been left to die,” Lawyer Gülizar Tuncer said about the plight of prisoners who are arrested at the

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