Turkish environmental activist faces up to 6-years in prison over coal mine protest
A Turkish court has accepted an indictment seeking up to six years in prison for environmental activist Esra Işık over a protest against a land...
EU’s Tusk and Juncker to meet Turkey’s autocratic President Erdoğan in March
Top European Union officials will meet Turkish autocratic President Tayyip Erdoğan in Bulgaria on March 26 to discuss EU-Turkey relations as well as regional...
Gangs at Turkish border with Iran abducting, assaulting Afghan refugees: report
Gangs at the Turkish border with Iran have been abducting refugees from Afghanistan for ransom as well as assaulting them, BBC Turkish service reported.
According to...
Turkey witnesses yet another family tragedy under rule of emergency over alleged links to...
A Turkish woman in Turkey's Denizli province has killed his disabled son and committed suicide because of the unbearable stress and psychological pressures stem...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2023 in Review
Since a coup attempt in July 2016, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm has reached tens of thousands of Turkish citizens abroad. From...
Pro-gov’t columnist suggests setting Turkey’s Silivri Prison ablaze to kill inmates from Gülen movement
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Fatih Tezcan, a pro-government public speaker and columnist, said in a video message posted on social media on Friday that people should gather in...
Turkish couple reportedly being tortured by government officials in Nevşehir prison
A new claim of torture in Turkey, which is under the despotic rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has came from a prison in...
Turkey’s Erdoğan uses Tesla’s Elon Musk as a tool against his political opposition
“Tesla’s owner Elon visited us. Not you, Muharrem.”
Thus Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed his most prominent rival, Muharrem İnce, in the run-up to...
Turkish gov’t detained 2,426 people in January over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 623 people have been detained in one week over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
More than 83 pct of Turkey’s post-coup purge victims can’t make ends meet: report
A recent report by the Justice for Victims Platform has revealed that more than 83 percent of victims of a massive purge of state...
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