Turkish authorities detain 286 more people over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish authorities have detained 286 people and arrested 154 of them in an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya...
20 former public servants detained over alleged Gülen links in İstanbul
Turkish police teams on Friday detained 20 former public servants in raids in İstanbul due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, Turkish...
Detention period extended another 7 days for 13 journalists on Friday
An İstanbul court has extended the period of detention for another seven days of 13 journalists who were taken into custody last week as...
Turkish airstrikes deprive hundreds of villages in northeast Syria of power
Hundreds of northeast Syrian villages and towns lost power after Turkish airstrikes pounded power stations and other infrastructure, Agence France-Presse reported on Monday, citing...
Roma conscript dies under suspicious circumstances following hate speech by his commander
Caner Sarmaşık, 20, a conscript who was being targeted for being a Roma, died allegedly by suicide while on guard duty on April 29,...
Turkish authorities detain young woman known for campaigning for ailing father’s release from prison
Turkish authorities on Wednesday detained Sueda Güngör, the daughter of 72-year-old İbrahim Güngör, who remains imprisoned despite suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s disease, journalist Adem Yavuz...
1,169 neighborhoods now closed off to migrant settlement, says Turkish Interior Ministry
The Turkish Ministry of Interior in a written statement said as of July 1, the number of neighborhoods closed off to migrants would be...
163 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in April
A total of 163 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in April, according to a monthly report by the Health and Safety Labor...
CPJ calls for release of pro-Kurdish outlet employee, journalists detained in Turkey on trumped-up...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkey to release an employee of the pro-Kurdish Yeni Yaşam newspaper as well as all...
I was electrocuted, beaten and made impotent, torture victim says
Ayhan Demir, 45, said he was made impotent as a result of the sexual torture and electrocution he was subjected to during his detention...
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