14 teachers detained, detention warrants issued for 47 in Turkey over alleged Gülen links

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 30 people working at Turkey's Education Ministry and for 17 others at the...

Local NGOs urge Georgian gov’t to avoid returning Turkish teacher back home

Eight nongovernmental organizations have called on the Georgian government to refrain from returning a detained Turkish teacher Mustafa Emre Çabuk back home where “he...

Mass torture in Turkey under the spell of nationalism and religious zealotry

The torture, ill-treatment, abusive, inhuman and degrading treatment of people who are deprived of their liberties in Turkey’s detention centers and prisons have become...

Teacher Sökmen sent to jail in Turkey after forced return from Myanmar

Muhammet Furkan Sökmen, a Turkish teacher who was forcibly and illegaly returned to Turkey from Maynmar despite his cries for help on social media,...

173 women killed in violence against women in 5 months in Turkey

According to a report released by a Turkish women’s rights activist organization Monday, a total of 173 women were killed by men in the...

Ankara court orders arrest of former Deputy PM Arınç’s son-in-law over alleged Gülen links

An Ankara court on Monday ordered the arrest of academic Ekrem Yeter, the former Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç's son-in-law after he was detained...

Germany to withdraw troops from Turkey’s İncirlik Airbase as diplomatic row escalates

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has announced that his country is going to withdraw troops and aircraft taking part in missions against the Islamic...

İstanbul phase of Turkey’s main coup trial adjourned until August

The trial of 24 people who are accused of leading a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 that is being held...

Turkey’s FM Çavuşoğlu implies European journalists in Turkey are spies

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Monday said European countries have been using journalists as spies in Turkey. “A new trend has recently started in...

Yet another woman detained in Turkey due to Gülen links shortly after delivery

Teacher Esra Demir was detained on Monday, a day after giving birth in Batman, as part of a witch-hunt targeting the Gülen movement, news...

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