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 ...

An estimated 1.6 million Syrian refugees have entered Turkey since the Syrian war began in March 2011. About 220,000 are living in 22 government-run camps that offer food and essential services ...

The Trump administration criticized the Turkish government Wednesday after police in that country detained a prominent human rights lawyer as part of a crackdown on people suspected of links to a ...

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 ...

The Amnesty official, Taner Kılıç, and 10 other human rights activists, including Amnesty International Turkey’s director, İdil Eser, went on trial in October accused of aiding groups that ...

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 ...

Refugees and migrants board Turkish Coast Guard Search and Rescue ship Umut-703 after a failed attempt of crossing to the Greek island of Lesbos off the shores of Canakkale, Turkey, November 8 ...

Amnesty: Turkey Illegally Sending Syrians Back to War Zone. Published Apr 01, 2016 at 8:34 AM EDT Updated Jun 02, ... Amnesty International said in a report released on Friday.

Amnesty International says that shortly after sunrise on Tuesday, security forces turned up at the home of its Turkey country chairman, brought him to his office, then took him into custody. The ...