Human Rights Abuses

Second alleged disappearance in a week: Philosophy teacher goes missing

Only a day after an Ankara man was reportedly abducted, a philosophy teacher went missing on Apr 1, according to his wife. The 41-year-old lecturer, Onder Asan mysteriously disappeared on Apr 1, his wife Fatma Asan cried out on Twitter as she said she has not heard from Onder for 8 days. “I am wretched […]

Second alleged disappearance in a week: Philosophy teacher goes missing Read More »

Former warden at gov’t-closed dormitory says suffered sexual assault, beatings, asphyxiation in prison

M.E., a 34-year-old Turkish man who used to work at a student dormitory affiliated with the Gülen movement, has told the New York Times that he was subjected to sexual assault, beatings and asphyxiation in prison. In last part of State of Emergency article series, Times interviewed two followers of the Gülen movement who live “like a

Former warden at gov’t-closed dormitory says suffered sexual assault, beatings, asphyxiation in prison Read More »

70-year-old fined TL 227 for everyday he protested son’s killing by Turkish military

70-year-old Kemal Gun was fined TL 8,626 [ $2,400] for an ongoing hunger strike he started as part of his efforts to be given the dead body of his child who was killed during an air attack by Turkish miliary in Tunceli’s Dersim district on Nov 7, 2016. 11 individuals were killed during a bombardment

70-year-old fined TL 227 for everyday he protested son’s killing by Turkish military Read More »

Spying imams track down Erdoğan critics also in Romania: report

Turkey’s spying imams are proved to have been active also in Romania as an exclusive report has documented case-by-case profiling activities against perceived enemies of the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. “A memo from Turkey’s Counsellor for Religious Affairs in Bucharest, Osman Kilic, was sent to his boss at the Presidency of Religious Affairs (known as Diyanet)

Spying imams track down Erdoğan critics also in Romania: report Read More »

Knife attack during Women’s Day event at Turkey’s Bilgi University

A group of 30 people attacked a Women’s Day event at Bilgi University with witnesses reporting that some of the attackers were carrying knives on their hands. The group broke into the the university’s Santral Istanbul campus and headed to the tents established as part of an event to mark the Women’s Day on March

Knife attack during Women’s Day event at Turkey’s Bilgi University Read More »

2-month-old denied breast milk for 17 days while under detention with mother

Put under detention with his mother at Ankara’s Sincan Prison, a two-month-old newborn had been denied access to breast milk for 17 days. According to Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) deputy Mahmut Tanal, the 53-days-old baby was not able to be breastfed by his mother for 17 days. While the details are yet to be shared,

2-month-old denied breast milk for 17 days while under detention with mother Read More »