Turkey’s private ANKA news agency closes after 46 years
Turkey's private ANKA News Agency closed on Tuesday after 46 years in business, according to a report by the Cumhuriyet daily.
ANKA, which had reported...
CISST received 1,572 complaints of mistreatment and neglect in Turkish prisons over the past...
A total of 1,572 appeals were submitted to the Civil Society in the Penal System (CISST) complaining of mistreatment, torture and neglect in Turkish...
Turkish police who allegedly beat man filing a complaint still on the job
Police officers in Kocaeli province who were accused of beating a man in March are still on the job with no apparent consequences, one...
Turkish prosecutor demands 15 years in prison for Cumhuriyet daily executives, journalists
The prosecutor overseeing an ongoing "terror" investigation into executives and writers from Turkey's Cumhuriyet daily on Friday asked for the imprisonment of all suspects...
Top European court says Turkey violated rights of judge arrested over Gülen links
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) said on Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of a judge who was put in pretrial detention...
Turkish riot police use tear gas to enter CHP headquarters
Hundreds of Turkish riot police used tear gas and forced their way into the Ankara headquarters of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)...
Former governor given 7,5-year jail sentence over his alleged links to Gülen movement
An Ankara court has handed down prison sentence of 7 years 6 months to former Bitlis governor Veysel Yurdakul on charges of membership in...
Protests continue in Kyrgyzstan 25 days into disappearance of Orhan İnandı
Around 300 people gathered in front of government house in Bishkek on Friday calling on Kyrgyz authorities to find educator Orhan İnandı, who is...
İmamoğlu criticizes gov’t over peace talks with PKK, accuses it of political motives
Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has accused Turkey’s government of failing to turn renewed peace talks with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) into...
Gülen movement group says Turkey’s revived death probes shield perpetrators
A US umbrella group for organizations inspired by the late Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen on Monday accused Turkey’s government of reviving investigations into deaths...
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