EESC president urges immediate release of Turkish rights activist Kavala
Georges Dassis, president of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), said on Thursday he was disappointed by the detention of human rights activist...
Turkish police torture two university personnel for weeks in Antalya over their alleged links...
Sedat Göçen and Ahmet Gödük, two former staff members of the International Antalya University, which was closed by a government decree issued under emergency...
Female student who ‘insulted’ Atatürk arrested by Turkish court
A 21-year-old female university student who was detained for “insulting” Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, was arrested by a...
Pro-gov’t TV claims $100,000 bills were given to senior Gülen executives
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Nazif Karaman, Sabah daily special intelligence director and a commentator for the pro-government A Haber TV, claimed on Wednesday that $100,000 bills, which were...
HDP, CHP criticize Erdoğan’s claim that HDP co-chair Demirtaş is a terrorist
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Turkey's main oppostion Republican People’s Party (CHP) have criticized Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who said he...
Kurdish seasonal workers attacked by farmer, villagers in northwest Turkey
Sixteen Kurdish seasonal farm laborers were attacked on September 4 by a farm owner and a group of villagers in Turkey's northwestern province of...
AKP youth leader threatens Turkish fashion designer critical of Erdoğan with death
The chairman of a youth branch of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) chaired by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened to kill...
Pro-Erdoğan writer sparks outrage with plans to massacre neighbors in event of coup attempt
The remarks of a writer who is a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have sent shock waves across Turkey as she...
Turkish teacher dismissed from job over alleged links to Gülen movement commits suicide
Thirty-eight-year-old teacher Mehmet Koşar, who was dismissed from his job by a government decree issued under a state of emergency declared in the aftermath...
French President urges respect for rule of law in talks with Turkey’s Erdoğan
French President Emmanuel Macron told Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday that democratic countries had to respect the rule of law in...
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