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Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has filed another lawsuit against the BirGün daily and journalist Zafer Arapkirli over remarks he made on...
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Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown, 10 Years On: A Decade’s Legacy
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Ailing Turkish prisoner has leg amputated after repeated ‘fit for prison’ assessments
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Turkish student activist says police abducted, tortured him to force him to become informant
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