Saturday Mothers hold protest with wives of abducted Gülen followers
Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and relatives seeking the whereabouts of loved ones who disappeared while in police custody in the 1990s, held...
Kurdish politicians handcuffed and beaten by police in Turkey’s east
Two Kurdish co-mayors of Ağrı in eastern Turkey were subjected to excessive police force, the Diken news website reported on Wednesday.
Betül Yaşar, who was...
Human rights group reports 248 alleged Turkish torturers to German federal authorities
Human Rights Defenders (HRD) filed a criminal complaint with the Office of the German Federal Public Prosecutor (GBA) against 248 individuals including government agents...
Deputy asks for parliamentary investigation into torture claims
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Ağrı deputy Dirayet Dilan Taşdemir has submitted an inquiry to the Turkish Parliament on claims of torture in Ankara and...
“Torture in Turkey”, former Turkish diplomat Bahadir Gülle wrote an op-ed for the Washington Examiner
Turkey’s foreign ministry, where I used to work, was famous for its strict hierarchy. The ministry prided itself with its two-centuries-old tradition and impeccable...
Joint NGO submits observations on Turkey to UN Committee Against Torture
Five NGOs on Friday submitted a series of observations to the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) on the implementation of Article 20 of the...