Turkish police and intelligence agency authorized to use military weaponry in event of civil...
The Turkish National Police (EGM) and the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) will be able to use weaponry and equipment belonging to the Turkish Armed...
Journalist Şahin Alpay’s right to liberty and security violated, Turkish Constitutional Court rules
Journalist Şahin Alpay's ongoing house arrest continues to violate his right to liberty and security, Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday, Turkish media reported.
The...
Ailing 84-year-old imprisoned after appeals court upholds politically motivated conviction
Nusret Muğla, 84, who suffers from multiple health problems, was arrested on Wednesday after the Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a previous conviction that...
Turkey’s purge victims hold protest in front of UN’s İstanbul Office
Victims of a massive government purge that took place in Turkey in the aftermath of a failed coup in July 2016 held a demonstration...
Thousands detained or deported at Turkish airports for their social media posts
Thousands of people have been detained or deported at airports by Turkish authorities because of their social media posts, Independent Turkish reported, citing lawyers...
Police raid wrong house in search for protestors, pin down disabled woman
A disabled woman was allegedly pinned to the ground by police who entered her home by breaking down her door in a dawn raid...
Turkish diplomats in Hungary spied on Erdoğan government critics as part of global witch...
Critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were profiled by Turkish diplomats in Budapest in line with an ongoing witch hunt carried out by the...
The Year in Review: Torture and Inhuman Treatment
Turkey has experienced a marked resurgence of torture and ill-treatment in custody over the past five years and especially since a coup attempt on...
Former officer succumbs to cancer shortly after release from prison
Ercan Dağhan, a former 2nd lieutenant who was diagnosed with cancer while in pre-trial detention, died today after nearly four years of battling the...
Another purged public servant feared abducted by Turkish intelligence
Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit, a former civil servant who was dismissed from his job by a government decree, has been missing since December 29, his...
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