Motherless children left to care of relatives after father sent to prison over Gülen...
Two motherless children aged 7 and 2 were left to the care of their relatives in different cities after their father was sent to...
Body in potter’s field identified as refugee thrown into river by Turkish gendarmes
A body buried in a potter’s field in İstanbul has been identified as one of the refugees who were allegedly thrown into a river...
Turkish far-right group beat Afghan man and shared video on social media
A new Turkish far-right group shared a video on social media yesterday showing one of their members beating an Afghan refugee in an apparent...
Late-stage cancer patient arrested over Gülen links
Refik Yeşil, 68, a late stage cancer patient, was arrested on Monday on terrorism charges for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the...
Leader of right-wing party warns Turkish citizens of ‘Syrian threat’ in anti-migrant social media...
Ümit Özdağ, leader of the newly established far-right Victory Party (ZP), warned Turkish citizens of a "Syrian threat" in a video shared on Twitter...
Photographs of former judge who died in prison cell shed light on poor conditions
Photos of former judge Teoman Gökçe, 49, who died of a heart attack in a solitary prison cell on April 2, 2018, have been...
Inmate in Turkish prison attempts suicide twice due to mistreatment
Veysel Işık, 30, an inmate in Burhaniye Prison in Turkey's northwestern Balıkesir province, has attempted suicide twice since a nervous breakdown that was allegedly...
Prosecutor declines to pursue case against gendarmes who allegedly threw refugees into Evros River
The Edirne Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has declined to pursue a case against gendarmes who allegedly threw refugees into a river after they were...
Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 81 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 81 people on terrorism charges due to their alleged links to the faith-based...
Severely disabled man imprisoned for aiding daughter is handcuffed to hospital bed after surgery
An almost totally disabled man, imprisoned for allegedly aiding and abetting his daughter who was wanted for links to the Gülen movement, was handcuffed...
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