Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for at least 271 people over alleged links to...

Turkish government has issued detention warrants for 271 people in Konya, Ankara and İzmir-based investigations on Wednesday as part of its massive post-coup witch...

Pro-Kurdish party defies ban on protests over removal of its mayor from office

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) is holding protests in the southeastern city of Hakkari against the removal of the city’s...

Kurdish minor’s arm broken in police raid on wrong location in Turkey

Turkish police on Tuesday allegedly broke a minor’s arm and assaulted members of a Kurdish family during a pre-dawn raid on the wrong location...

Inmate with thyroid cancer pleads for release from Turkish prison

Abdülaziz Örpek, 46, an inmate who has suffered from thyroid cancer for the past two years, is unable to receive treatment in prison, and...

Jailed Kurdish leader denounces killing of PKK hostages, blames gov’t for botched rescue attempt

Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has denounced the killing of 13 Turkish nationals held hostage by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), blaming the...
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World Psychiatric Association calls for immediate release of top doctor and human rights activist...

The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) has called on the Turkish government to ensure the immediate release of the head of a leading doctors’ union...

Turkish Defense Ministry denies negligence in death of 12 soldiers in northern Iraq cave

The Turkish Ministry of Defense has denied any negligence in the death of 12 soldiers from methane gas exposure in a cave in northern...

Oda TV editor-in-chief gets suspended sentence for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan

Barış Pehlivan, editor-in-chief of the Oda TV news website, has been given a suspended sentence of 11 months, 20 days for “insulting” Turkish autocraticPresident...

Facebook favors Erdoğan-related content over opposition news in Turkey

Turkey's online news outlet T24 published an article on Friday saying that when they have tried to boost the reach of content on Facebook...

Turkish authorities jail 9-months-pregnant woman for attempting to flee prior to retrial over Gülen...

A Turkish woman previously sentenced to over six years for her alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement has been arrested by a court...
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