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Mar 25 2014 6:06pm
Twitter is still blocked in Turkey, and battle lines over internet freedom are being drawn
The Twitter shutdown started at about 11pm on Thursday night. My tele...
Mar 21 2014 1:01pm
Turkey should immediately reverse its 'draconian' Twitter ban
‘The decision to block Twitter is an unprecedented attack on intern...
Jan 8 2014 11:52am
After Turkey's Gezi Park protests: passion, distrust and fear in court
“We must be careful today. Last time, the police used tear gas and ...
Oct 2 2013 12:00am
Turkey: New report reveals scale of human rights abuses by police during the Gezi Park protests
Turkish authorities committed human rights violations on a massive sca...
Jun 21 2013 12:28pm
Turkey: standing still is not a crime
An update from Andrew Gardner, Amnesty’s Turkey researcher in Istanbul...
Jun 21 2013 12:00am
Turkey: police violence threatens Pride marches in Taksim Square
Turkish LGBTI activists plan Pride marches this Sunday and next Follow...
Jun 17 2013 12:00am
Turkey: Secretive mass detentions condemned following night of 'shocking police violence'
Police in Turkey are refusing to acknowledge that they have people in...
Jun 16 2013 12:23pm
A hospital in Amnesty's Turkey office
Murat Çekiç, Director of Amnesty Turkey, on a sleepless week in Istanb...
Jun 12 2013 12:00am
Turkey: prime minister Erdogan's latest intervention is 'nothing short of a provocation'
Turkey researcher Andrew Gardner’s response Amnesty international has ...
Jun 10 2013 4:13pm
Turkish police can't hide brutality behind balloons and bunting
Turkey has a Police Day – it’s April 10th, founding date of its police...