Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained at least 46 people and issued detention warrants for more on Wednesday across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup...
Amnesty International’s Turkey Chair Taner Kılıç released after nearly 8 months in jail
An İstanbul court ordered on Wednesday the release of Taner Kılıç, the president of Turkey’s branch of international human rights group Amnesty International.
“It is an...
Turkish Deputy PM Bozdağ claims 110,778 people dismissed from public duties by government decrees
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesperson Bekir Bozdağ has stated on Wednesday that 110,778 people were dismissed from their public duties by the...
Two Turkish civilians killed by PYD/PKK attacks as Turkish military operation going on in...
Two Turkish civilian were killed by PYD/PKK attack as Turkish military's controversial military operation has been going on Afrin province of northern Syria.
Two more rockets...
ECtHR fines Turkish government over ‘discrimination of right to education’
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ordered Turkey on Tuesday to pay 10,000 euros in respect of non-pecuniary damage to a paraplegic university...
About 40 percent of Syrian children unable to go to school in Turkey
At least 40 percent of 1,623,000 Syrian children, who are refugees, are not going to school in Turkey, according to a report by Turkish...
Turkey bans Kurdish footballer Deniz Naki from professional football
Weeks after reporting that his car was shot at on a German motorway, midfielder Deniz Naki, the Amed SK player who is a supporter...
CHP’s Sarıhan: Turkish government jailed more than 570 lawyers since July 15, 2016
Turkish government has jailed more than 570 lawyers, mostly alleged members of the Gülen movement, under the rule of emergency which was declared in...
Over 1 million people demand freedom for Turkey’s Amnesty chair as trial resumes
More than one million people from 194 countries have demanded the release of Taner Kılıç, Amnesty International’s Turkey Chair and the dropping of charges...
Turkish gov’t detains 21 members of critical religious group, including its leader Kuytul
Turkish government has detained some 21 members of the critical religious Furkan Foundation, including its founder and leader Alparslan Kuytul, on Tuesday in the...
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