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Turkey moves to deport Palestinian woman arrested after anti-US protest over Gaza
4+ hour, 30+ min ago (471+ words) A Palestinian woman jailed after taking part in a protest outside the US Consulate General in "stanbul against Washington's support for Israel's destruction of Gaza was taken from prison to a police station and then put in deportation proceedings, according…...
Turkey moves to sell seized pro-opposition broadcaster TELE1
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (358+ words) Turkish authorities have put the assets of opposition television station TELE1 up for sale, months after the detention of its editor-in-chief and the appointment of a state trustee to the broadcaster, the TR724 news website reported. The sale was announced by the…...
Rights abuses at women's prison in Turkey amount to crimes against humanity, lawmaker says
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (235+ words) A Turkish opposition lawmaker has alleged serious rights abuses at "zmir "akran Women's Prison, including denial of medical care, strip-searches and arbitrary restrictions on release, saying the conditions amount to crimes against humanity, according to the TR724 news website. The allegations…...
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2+ week, 2+ day ago (16+ words) Turkey's defense at European court echoes Stalin-era conspiracy theory, Kavala says'Stockholm Center for Freedom...
Turkish teacher with life-threatening anemia returned to prison despite deteriorating health
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (456+ words) A Turkish teacher imprisoned over alleged links to the G'len movement has been returned to prison after a brief hospitalization, even as doctors said she required emergency surgery and that her blood levels had fallen below life-sustaining thresholds, her husband…...
Turkish broadcaster faces backlash over segment targeting Jewish creator behind major children's You Tube channels
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (374+ words) A Turkish broadcaster is facing backlash after airing a segment that invoked an antisemitic trope to depict the Jewish founder of several major children's You Tube channels as a threat to Turkish children. The segment, broadcast by TVNet, opened with…...
4 activists indicted over ill-treatment allegations after Israel trade protest
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (473+ words) Turkish prosecutors have indicted four pro-Palestinian activists who protested trade with Israel during a forum attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdo'an in "stanbul, accusing them of publicly spreading misleading information after they'alleged'they were subjected to strip-searches and torture while in…...
IFJ condemns shooting of journalist by Turkish forces at Syria border
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (469+ words) The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has'condemned'the shooting of a journalist by Turkish border guards while she was covering recent protests along the Syrian-Turkish border, calling the incident a shocking assault on press freedom, Turkish Minute reported. Journalist Nujan Mala…...
Turkish nurse detained over online hair-braiding protest linked to Kurdish women in Syria
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (624+ words) Turkish police have detained a nurse in the northwestern province of Kocaeli after she took part in an online hair-braiding protest'campaign'in solidarity with Kurdish women in Syria, according to a lawmaker, Turkish Minute reported. "mer Faruk Gergerlio'lu, an MP from…...
Turkish woman jailed over G'len links describes repeated sexual abuse in custody
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (529+ words) A woman who was jailed in Turkey over alleged ties to the faith-based G'len movement claims she was subjected to repeated strip-searches and sexual abuse while in custody, according to a newly released account. In a detailed interview with the…...