Amnesty International highlights Turkey’s rights violations
presstv.ir Amnesty International has accused Turkey of using excessive force in handling street protests in support of Kurds fighting ISIL Takfiris in the Syrian Kurdish [more >>>]
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Parliamentary elections in Turkey: statement by the pre-electoral delegation
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) A six-member(*) cross-party delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) was in Ankara [more >>>]
Concerns about judicial independence mount as prosecutors arrested
ARİF TEKDAL Ali Aslan Kılıç contributed to this report Today’s Zaman The arrest of four prosecutors and a gendarmerie commander involved in the search »» [more >>>]
Turkey’s minorities join race for parliament
By FEHIM TAŞTEKIN* Al Monitor Turkey’s political parties announced their ambitious candidate lists this week for the June 7 general elections, which will deliver a [more >>>]
Hopes for Democracy, EU Integration Fade in Erdogan’s Turkey
By FRIDA GHITIS* World Politics Review It wasn’t very long ago that Turkey was held up as an example of a country in the midst [more >>>]
Is life getting worse for women in Erdogan’s Turkey?
THE INQUIRY BBC World Service The murder of 20-year-old Ozgecan Aslan, who was stabbed while reportedly resisting a rape attempt, has unleashed a storm of [more >>>]
Turkey ‘created a monster and doesn’t know how to deal with it’
By MICHAEL B KELLEY Business Insider Turkey’s notoriously lax border policies during the Syrian war are starting to catch up with Ankara and its allies [more >>>]
Turkey Ranks #3 in Violations Against Musicians’ Rights
BIA News Desk Freemuse monitored and documented violations of freedom of expression for musicians on www.freemuse.org in 2014. Musicians around the world are facing imprisonment, [more >>>]
ECHR Rejects Turkey’s Motion on Mandatory Religion Classes
BIA News Desk The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected Turkey’s motion on the ruling that urged Turkey to remove mandatory religion classes in [more >>>]
Turkey’s Blasphemy Barometer
By PIOTR ZALEWSKI Foreign Affairs Sacrificing Free Speech in Istanbul In mid-January, Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu marched alongside other world leaders in Paris to [more >>>]