Police violence against members of anti-gov’t religious group sparks outrage
Turkish police in the southern province of Adana sparked outrage when they employed batons, plastic bullets and pepper spray in what many said was...
European rights court rules Turkey violated rights of 93 people arrested over alleged Gülen...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of 93 people accused of links to the Gülen movement...
Death of Kurdish teenager in police target practice area might be explosion-related: report
The death of Muharrem Aksem, a Kurdish teenager whose body was found in a police target practice area in southeastern Turkey on March 24,...
Şenyaşar family calls on people to break Ramadan fast with them in front of...
Members of the Şenyaşar family, who have been demanding justice for three of their relatives murdered by people connected to a lawmaker from the...
Turkey ordered detention of 68 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 68 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to local...
Turkish authorities launch investigation into CHP lawmaker for commemorating Armenian Remembrance Day
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Monday launched an investigation into Republican People's Party deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu for commemorating Armenian Remembrance Day, the...
3 Jordanian teenagers beaten in Istanbul in apparent hate crime
Amid increasing anti-migrant sentiment in Turkey, three Jordanian teenagers were beaten in an apparent hate crime while waiting for a taxi in Istanbul, Independent...
Former intel official says Turkish intel agency abducts critics from Africa, Central Asia by...
Associate Professor Ali Burak Darıcılı, an intelligence expert and former official at Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), has said the organization has forcibly returned...
Musicians in Turkey overwhelmed by frequent bans on concerts
Musicians in Turkey, who represent one of the professions hit hardest by fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, are now struggling with bans imposed on...
Women’s rights activists demonstrate at Council of State for reinstatement of Istanbul Convention
Representatives of women's rights organizations and opposition politicians gathered on Tuesday morning in front of the Council of State, Turkey's highest administrative court, in...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...