Kurdish Red Crescent: Turkish military shelling kills 17 women, wounds 44 more in Afrin
Kurdish Red Crescent (Heyva Sor) has announced that Turkish military's shelling has killed 17 women and wounded 44 women seriously in Afrin province of...
Turkish court gives jail sentence for human rights activist Gergerlioğlu
A Turkish court has sentenced writer and human rights activist Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu to two-and-a half-years in prison for anti-war comments posted on social...
Two recent cases show Turkish gov’t’s increasing tolerance for ISIL militants
Two recent cases related two alleged militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have showed the increasing tolerance of the...
Seventeen Turkish citizens, who escaped from persecution of Erdoğan regime, seek sanctuary in Greece
Seventeen Turkish nationals, including six children, have requested asylum in Greece after crossing over from Turkey, Agence France-Presse (AFP) has reported on Tuesday, citing...
Turkish government plans ‘chemical castration’ for child abusers
The Turkish government said on Tuesday that a new law would be submitted to parliament that would permit judges to order the chemical castration...
Ultra-nationalist MHP, an ally of Islamist Erdoğan, defines Turkey’s main opposition CHP as ‘national...
Oktay Öztürk, the deputy chairperson of Turkey's ultra-nationalist Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which has formed an alliance with the Turkey's ruling Islamist Justice and...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 47 teachers over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for over 47 teachers and police have detained 19 of them in an Ankara-based probe on Wednesday as...
Turkish prosecutor requests 7-year sentence for Kurdish university student over whistling Kurdish song
A group of students at Dicle University in Diyarbakır province has been facing possible sentences ranging from over 7 years to 28 years on...
Turkish court releases pro-Kurdish HDP’s Kemalbay on judicial probation
Former co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP) Serpil Kemalbay, who was detained in Ankara on Feb. 13, 2018, has been released on...
Turkish prosecutors launch investigation into imam questioning donations to mosques
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into an imam who in a video message on social media three months ago raised questions about donations...
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