Minister armed civilians with unregistered guns during coup attempt: mob boss
Turkish mob boss Sedat Peker has revealed that a large number of civilians were armed with unregistered guns during a 2016 coup attempt and...
Turkey’s top judicial body launches inquiry into court that reinstated Kurdish mayor’s political rights
One day after Turkey’s election authority decided to reinstall a Kurdish politician who had been initially denied the mandate to serve as mayor of the eastern province of...
Concern mounts about possible Turkish law on media funding
Press freedom groups expressed concern Friday about comments by Turkish officials concerning possible legislation to regulate foreign funding for media and the dissemination of...
Somali restaurant owner’s harassment by Turkish police was racially motivated: court
A court in Ankara has ruled that Turkish police discriminated against a Somali restaurant owner, recognizing a racial bias in the enforcement of measures...
New warden pressuring inmates with arbitrary restrictions in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison, families claim
Kahraman Topaloğlu, the new warden of a notorious prison in İstanbul’s Silivri district, is imposing arbitrary restrictions in order to put psychological pressure on...
Former teacher and her 28-month-old infant released after suffering from poor conditions in prison
Turkish authorities on Friday released a former teacher and her 2-year-old daughter who was accompanying her in prison, bringing to mind previous appeals from...
Turkish authorities must swiftly investigate death of journalist Aydın Taş: CPJ
Turkish authorities must swiftly and transparently investigate the death of journalist Aydın Taş, Turkey director of the Crimean News Agency (QHA), Committee to Protect...
29 including a mother with Parkinson’s arrested over Gülen links
Turkish authorities arrested 29 individuals, including a mother with Parkinson’s disease, in İstanbul on Friday over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the...
Prison authorities subject former HDP deputy Leyla Güven to disciplinary action for singing in...
Leyla Güven, a former deputy from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), was the subject of disciplinary action for singing in Kurdish in a prison...
27 more May Day demonstrators detained in house raids in İstanbul
Turkish police detained 27 more people who resisted law enforcement in İstanbul on May Day in an attempt to hold a demonstration in central...
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