Turkey has investigated over 1.6 million for terrorism since 2016 coup attempt: report
More than 1.6 million people in Turkey have been investigated for terrorism since a coup attempt in 2016, according to a new human rights...
Defendants decry personal toll as trial of young girls is adjourned
Defendants in Turkey’s ongoing “girls’ trial” described the lasting emotional, psychological and personal toll of facing terrorism charges over routine religious and educational activities...
Turkey orders 18 more detentions in expanding crackdown on İstanbul Municipality
Turkish authorities on Friday issued detention warrants for 18 more people as part of an ongoing corruption investigation into the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB),...
DEM Party deputy reveals police torture of former academic during post-coup crackdown
A former assistant professor at Harran University in southeastern Urfa province was subjected to torture during a 2017 police interrogation, Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party...
Opposition deputy submits parliamentary inquiries regarding state negligence in murder of young woman
A deputy from the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has submitted three parliamentary inquiries following the murder of a female university student...
Turkey secretly plots to bypass INTERPOL rules to target exiled journalist in Sweden
A classified memo issued by Turkey’s Security General Directorate (Emniyet) reveals covert efforts to circumvent INTERPOL rules in order to secure an international arrest...
Girl’s letter after mother’s arrest highlights toll of Turkey’s post-coup detentions on children
A 10-year-old girl’s letter describing the impact of losing both parents to prison over alleged links to the Gülen movement has shone a spotlight...
Court denies request to hear tourism minister in trial over deadly hotel fire in...
A Turkish court on Thursday rejected a request to hear Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy as a witness in a trial concerning...
Severely disabled man among hundreds detained in nationwide crackdown on Gülen movement
A severely disabled man was among hundreds detained on Tuesday in a sweeping crackdown targeting real or perceived members of the faith-based Gülen movement,...
Erdoğan calls Gülen movement a ‘virus Turkey has not yet removed’
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday described the faith-based Gülen movement as a “virus” that Turkey has not yet removed, speaking at a memorial...
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