Authorities at Ankara’s Sincan Prison are arbitrarily revoking parole rights of political prisoners
Prison authorities in Ankara’s notorious Sincan Prison have been arbitrarily revoking political prisoners’ right to parole, the Tr724 news website reported.
According to prisoners, they are...
PACE committee urges action against transnational repression, reveals Turkey’s tactics
Unanimously adopting a draft resolution on May 23 based on a report by Christopher Chope (United Kingdom, EC/DA), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s...
After ISIL and Turkish bombs, refugee sisters sing of Kurdish sorrow
When the Syrian Kurdish sisters Perwin and Norshean Salih sing about loss, it comes from the heart.
Aged in their early 20s, they have twice...
Erdoğan sworn in for third term as Turkish president
Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was sworn in for a third term as president on Saturday, promising to serve “impartially” after winning a historic runoff...
15.3 mln people require humanitarian assistance in Syria: UN official
A staggering 15.3 million people require humanitarian assistance throughout Syria, representing nearly 70 per cent of the country’s population, said Ghada Eltahir Mudawi, deputy director of...
Turkish social media users call on authorities to release woman jailed with her baby
Turkish Twitter users are calling on authorities to release Şadinaz Yaşa Yılmaz, the mother of a 10-month-old infant, the Bold Medya news website reported.
Yılmaz...
Police break up protest, detain 30 commemorating slain Gezi activist in Ankara
Turkish police on Thursday dispersed a demonstration by a group commemorating an activist who was killed during the nationwide anti-government Gezi Park protests in...
Majority of Turkey’s Gen Z wants to live abroad, German foundation survey shows
A survey conducted by the Turkey office of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), a German political foundation, has revealed that the majority of Generation Z in Turkey,...
Sweden has met Turkey’s demands for NATO membership bid with new terror law: PM
Sweden has met Turkey’s demands for its NATO membership bid with a tougher counterterrorism law that enters into force on Thursday, the Swedish Prime...
Green Left Party’s parliamentary candidate in recent elections arrested on terrorism charges
Meryem Yıldırım, a candidate for parliament from the opposition Green Left Party (YSP) in the elections held on May 14, has been arrested on...
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