Turkey detains 70 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police have detained 70 people across 20 provinces over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group accused by the government...
Photos show signs of torture on Turkish-Kyrgyz educator abducted by MİT, wife says
Reyhan İnandı, the wife of a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator whose rendition from Kyrgyzstan by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) was acknowledged by Turkish President Recep...
ECtHR prioritizes second case on continuing, new violations of Kavala’s rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has granted priority status to a second case lodged by businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has...
23,364 personnel expelled from military over Gülen links since coup attempt: minister
As Turkey marks the fifth anniversary of a coup attempt, the country's defense minister announced that 23,364 personnel from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK)...
Teacher jailed on Gülen links suffering from vision loss, heart disease
Family members and human rights activists have campaigned on social media for the release of Mustafa Seçkin, a history teacher jailed on accusations of...
Women with brain tumor and heart condition detained over Gülen links
Aslı Öztürk, 35, who suffers from a brain tumor and a serious heart condition, was detained on Tuesday in Uşak province for alleged links...
CoE calls on Turkey to release 3 journalists, cancel judicial control measures imposed on...
The Council of Europe (CoE) has called on the Turkish government to release several journalists arrested last week and to cancel the judicial control...
Kurdish man beaten by vigilantes in southern Turkey
A group of people reportedly stopped a car and beat a man apparently because he was Kurdish in Turkey’s southern province of Antalya, Turkish...
Turkish parliament rejects bill proposing mother tongue instruction in Kurdish
The Turkish parliament on Wednesday dismissed a bill proposing that education be allowed in the Kurdish language, citing conflicts with the constitutional provision of...
Afghan refugee changes store’s name after being targeted by far-right leader
A refugee residing in Turkey changed the name of his store, “Afghan Market,” after Ümit Özdağ, leader of a newly established far-right party, shared...
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