Report: Turkish police tortured suspect, threatened to rape wife in Ramadan
A Turkish man jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement was reportedly tortured under custody while police threatened to rape his wife during...
Jailed Kurdish children speak of torture by Turkish security forces in Nusaybin
The torture claims have marked the trial of 17 Kurdish children, who were arrested by Turkish security forces in Mardin's Nusaybin district during the...
Jailed Turkish novelist-journalist Ahmet Altan fined TL 7,000 for “insulting Erdoğan”
Renowned Turkish novelist and journalist Ahmet Altan, who has been behind the bars over coup charges for more than a year, was fined TL...
Turkish Parliament revokes pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Leyla Zana’s parliamentarian status
Turkish Parliament has stripped pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Leyla Zana of her status of parliamentarian on the grounds of absenteeism on Thursday...
EU criticizes ‘dress code’ requirement for Turkey’s coup, terror suspects
The European Union (EU) has criticized a recent emergency rule decree issued by the Turkish government requiring that inmates charged with crimes against the...
COMMENTARY — Erdogan’s confidante who led armed Islamist group operating in Sweden via UETD
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Metin Külünk, a close confidante of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is the man who is in charge of clandestine operations in...
Turkey’s Erdoğan claims US has no respect for the law
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday continued targeting the United States over the conviction in a New York court of Turkish banker...
Former Kurdish deputy resigns from pro-Kurdish HDP after comments on ‘Turk leader’
A former parliamentarian for Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has resigned from the party after being criticised by party officials for saying...
Jailed engineer to judge: You will stand trial when democracy comes to Turkey!
A Kocaeli engineer, identified by his initials M.K., has reportedly told the judge in charge that he will stand trial for his decision to...
Turkish government’s new method of diplomatic retaliation: Changing street signs
Turkish government has used e new method of diplomatic retaliation to punish the states that it has tension in bilateral relations: Changing the street...
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