Amnesty International says that Turkish authorities have detained its country director for Turkey, Idil Eser, amid a sweeping crackdown on dissent. The U.K.-based rights group says Eser was taken ...

Turkey Detains Chair Of Amnesty International Turkey : The Two-Way Taner Kiliç's detention is part of a crackdown following last July's failed coup attempt. Thousands have been arrested since then.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of Amnesty International’s then-branch chairman when it imprisoned him for more than 14 months. Turkey had ...

ANKARA, Turkey --Amnesty International's chairman in Turkey has been detained as part of a crackdown on people suspected of links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who has been accused by ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Amnesty International said on Tuesday truth and justice had become "total strangers" in Turkey after its local director and five other activists were remanded in custody on ...

Dozens of people have been detained in Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, and police blocked key parts of the city as the ...

Amnesty International Turkey said two of its former leaders were convicted on "terrorist" charges by an Istanbul court on Friday in a case reflecting mounting official pressure on civil society ...

The arrest operation is the fifth after Turkey jailed Istanbul's mayor and leading opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu.

Amnesty International on Assyrian Human Rights in Turkey In February 1993 the State of Emergency Coordination Council decided that outlying settlements which might support the PKK should be evacuated, ...

Amnesty International said it is also calling on all countries not to forcibly return Afghans not only to Afghanistan, but also to Turkey or Iran, where Afghans would be at risk of deportation to ...