Turkey sentences founding member of Kurdish women’s association to more than 7 years in...
A Diyarbakır court has sentenced Narin Gezgör, a founding member of the Rosa Women’s Association, a Kurdish women’s rights group, to seven years, six...
Turkish prosecutors launched over 1.5 million terrorism-related investigations between 2016 and 2020: report
Public prosecutors initiated 1.576 million investigations on allegations of terrorism between 2016 and 2020, concluding 208,833 of them, the BirGün daily reported, citing the...
Albania rejects Ankara’s call to extradite Turkish nationals over alleged Gülen links
After Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu called on Albania to close down schools over their alleged links to the Gülen movement and “extradite the...
9-months-pregnant woman jailed over Gülen links remains behind bars in Turkey despite repeated appeals...
A Turkish court has rebuffed three attempts to free a 9-months-pregnant former teacher who could go into labor at any moment, the TR724 news...
Iraq says drone that killed three Kurdish officers came from Turkey
A senior military official in Baghdad said Tuesday that a drone that killed three Kurdish counterterrorism officers had originated in neighboring Turkey and condemned...
Turkey not to welcome any more Afghan refugees, Erdoğan says
Turkey will no longer be able to afford to welcome any more Afghan refugees, said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a preview of a...
SAR report reveals how attacks by authorities have crippled Turkey’s higher education
A report by a New York-based initiative for academic freedom, Scholars at Risk (SAR), shows how deliberate attacks by Turkish authorities on university communities...
Elderly political prisoner in critical condition after collapse in overcrowded jail amid extreme heat
A 70-year-old inmate in Turkey is in critical condition after collapsing during a heatwave in an overcrowded prison, raising renewed concerns over the country’s...
Court bans more online content upon demand from controversial jurist
A Turkish court has imposed an access ban on 17 more news reports concerning bribery allegations made by a mobster against a member of...
EU aims for deal with Turkey to stem migrant flows to Cyprus: report
The European Union could work out ways to stem the flow of migrants from Turkey to Cyprus and other EU nations when it holds...
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