Prosecutor demands sentences for journalists in retrial due to Gülen links
A public prosecutor in the retrial of seven journalists has demanded prison sentences for them on terrorism-related charges due to their alleged links to...
Watchmen attack journalists reporting on missing toddler in İstanbul
Three journalists were attacked on Tuesday by nighttime neighborhood watchmen while reporting on a toddler who went missing in İstanbul’s Beylikdüzü neighborhood and later...
Turkey’s CHP files criminal complaints against minister, governor over May Day ban
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has filed criminal complaints against the country’s interior minister, İstanbul governor and other public officials due to...
Enforced disappearances must be investigated by an independent committee, lawmaker says
Enforced disappearances must be investigated by an independent committee, said Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a human rights defender and deputy from the Republican People's Party, ANKA...
Joint letter calls for release of 48 people arrested over May Day demonstrations
More than 100 individuals well known in Turkish society have called for the release of 48 people who were arrested earlier this month after...
EU preparing for Afghans already abroad to try to reach Europe: report
The EU is preparing for an influx of Afghans, by both traditional routes such as Greece via Turkey and new routes such as by...
Owner of cafe offering service only in Kurdish detained in SE Turkey
A cafe owner in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır was detained following a police raid on his café after he was targeted on...
Şenyaşar family demanding justice in political murder case calls on lawyers for support
Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who have been protesting in front of the Şanlıurfa Courthouse in southeastern Turkey to seek justice for...
Turkey detains 72 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police have detained 72 people across 17 provinces over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on...
Turkish authorities seize bank account of Yüksel Street protestor Nazan Bozkurt
Turkish authorities seized the bank account of Nazan Bozkurt, a former public servant summarily fired from her job by an executive decree in 2017,...
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