Turkish pro-gov’t newspaper targets Gülen-linked charity in Germany
Daily Sabah, an English-language daily managed by family members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has targeted a Germany-based charity group, accusing of “financing...
European rights court slams convictions based on secret witness testimony
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that secret witness testimony, which Turkish courts have accepted as evidence, particularly in the trials...
Turkish authorities launch investigation into education union following academic boycott call
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the Education and Science Workers' Union (Eğitim Sen) for allegedly “publicly inciting the...
Boy struggling with leukemia needs jailed parents’ support, grandfather says
The grandfather of Hakan Dağdeviren, an 11-year-old boy diagnosed with leukemia in January whose parents are imprisoned as part of a crackdown in Turkey...
Turkish interior minister likens May 14 elections to 2016 attempted coup
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu in a speech on Friday likened the upcoming general election on May 14 to a coup attempt, Turkish media...
Council of Europe calls on Turkey to enforce ECtHR ruling for Kavala release
Secretary-General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić has urged Turkey to comply with its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights...
Single man with no child dismissed from public service for sending ‘his kids’ to...
Muhammed Zekeriya Özdil, a single man with no child, says according to the Inquiry Commission on the State of Emergency Measures (OHAL Commission) he...
Victim of Erdoğan’s post-coup crackdown arrested in Turkey after pushback by Greece
A woman who was pushed back to Turkey from Greece, where she fled to escape imprisonment on trumped-up charges, has been arrested by Turkish...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court orders compensation for former pro-Kurdish party executive
The Turkish Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of Can Memiş, a former member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) central executive committee,...
2 refugees killed in cross-fire between Turkish security forces and migrant smugglers
Two refugees were killed and 12 others were injured after they were caught in cross-fire between Turkish security forces and migrant smugglers in Turkey's...
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