Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Becerikli detained at Turkish airport
A deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Saadet Becerikli, was detained on Saturday in Turkey’s southeastern town of Batman.
Becerikli was taken into...
Turkish government closes four foreign humanitarian organizations in Turkey
Turkish government has ended the activities of four foreign humanitarian organizations operating in Turkey, American Mercy Corps, the Italian-based Coordination of the Organizations for...
Turkish prosecutors issue 142 detention warrants over alleged Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 142 people as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, the...
Man arrested for insulting Turkey’s President Erdoğan on social media
One out of four individuals who were recently detained in Eskişehir province on charges of insulting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social...
Mother breastfeeding 9-month-old baby sent to prison over alleged Gülen links
The mother of a 9-month-old infant detained in İzmir over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement has been jailed following a court order...
Turkish police briefly detain teen over ‘Kurdistan’ T-shirt, ill-treatment alleged
Police in southeastern Turkey briefly detained and allegedly beat a 15-year-old boy for wearing a T-shirt bearing the word “Kurdistan” on Tuesday, the Numedya...
9 years on, families still seek justice for victims of Uludere massacre: report
On the ninth anniversary of the killing of 34 people in southeastern Turkey by Turkish military jets, the families of the victims are still...
Turkey’s ruling AKP’s Aybek posing with MP5 machine gun released
Mehmet Aybek, a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) youth branch, who was detained by police following he shared a photo...
Two men plead guilty to assault in brawl outside Turkish ambassadorial residence
Two men involved in a May altercation outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence in Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to assault on Thursday morning in a...
Turkish daily claims pressure on advertising has caused financial problems
The Turkish Karar daily announced in its Monday edition that businesspeople and advertising agencies have been urged not to place ads in the newspaper,...
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