Turkish airstrikes deprive hundreds of villages in northeast Syria of power
Hundreds of northeast Syrian villages and towns lost power after Turkish airstrikes pounded power stations and other infrastructure, Agence France-Presse reported on Monday, citing...
Social media campaign urges release of inmate with brain tumors
Social media users since Monday have been calling on Turkish authorities to release Özge Özbek, a former municipal social worker suffering from multiple brain...
Turkey detains 74 over Gülen links on anniversary of coup attempt: minister
Turkish police on Monday detained 74 people across 27 provinces over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced...
Book of poetry by jailed Kurdish politician banned for promoting ‘terrorism’
A Turkish court has banned the publication, distribution and sale of a poetry book written by a Kurdish politician who has been behind bars...
117,208 people in Turkey have been convicted of alleged Gülen links since failed coup
A total of 117,208 people have been convicted while more than 600,000 have been the subject of investigation in Turkey due to alleged links...
Turkish women start social media campaign against withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
Prominent women in Turkey have started a social media campaign against the government’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe’s...
Turkish Embassy spied on Erdoğan critics in Angola
The Turkish Embassy in Luanda, the capital of Angola, which is situated on the west coast of southern Africa, has engaged in a large-scale...
Investigative journalist reporting from exile targeted by pro-Erdoğan daily
Cevheri Güven, an investigative journalist in exile whose videos on YouTube in which he talks about the Turkish government’s corruption and murky relations attract...
Turkish healthcare workers stage nationwide protest over murder of cardiologist
Physicians and healthcare workers across Turkey took to the streets on Thursday as they went on a two-day strike to protest the recent murder...
Torturers threatened me with sexually assaulting my daughter, former teacher says
Police officers threatened me with sexually assaulting my daughter, who was brought with my wife for interrogation, said Mehmet Eren when talking about the...
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