Abducted teacher’s wife to Afghan gov’t: Where are you? Are you asleep?
Farzana Wardak, the wife of Masood Wardak who is the only Afghan teacher among five people who were abducted by Afghan intelligence service National Directorate...
Turkish gov’t tells ECtHR that HDP deputies’ arrests ‘necessary, appropriate’
In its defence submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) regarding the arrest of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairs Selahettin...
İstanbul Municipality changes street names evoking Gülen movement
The İstanbul Municipality on Thursday unanimously approved the renaming of 192 streets across the metropolitan area that may bring to mind the Gülen movement...
Turkish police officer Korkmaz denies any affiliation with Gülen movement during Iran-sanctions trial
During his cross-examination on Wednesday, Hüseyin Korkmaz, the former deputy head of the İstanbul Police Financial Crime Department, who has been testifying in a...
Diyarbakır Bar files criminal complaints against Turkey’s pro-gov’t journalists Küçük, Uğur
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The Diyarbakır Bar Association on Wednesday filed a criminal complaints against pro-government Turkish journalists Cem Küçük and Fuat Uğur for “inciting crime” and “praising...
Erdoğan’s propaganda machine Anadolu news agency targets Turkish journalist covering Atilla case
The state-run Anadolu news agency, run by a former advisor of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as propaganda machine of his despotic regime,...
PACE report: Situation of lawyers in Turkey causes grave concerns
"The situation of lawyers in Turkey following the failed coup d’état of July 2016 and that of lawyers representing Kurdish clients, or otherwise associated...
Turkish gov’t detains 151 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained more than 151 people on Thursday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members of the...
Turkish gov’t bans march against emergency rule in İzmir over rule of emergency
İzmir governor has banned the “No State of Emergency, Urgent Democracy” rally organized by several labor unions on Wednesday 10 days before it is held...
Erdoğan’s henchman Külünk allegedly gives order to Erdoğanist thugs to punish Germany’s Böhmermann
German media reported on Wednesday that Metin Külünk, a henchman of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the ruling Justice and Development Party...
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