CHP deputy asks PM to stop arrest of women after giving birth in Turkey
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has asked Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım to halt the practice of arresting women immediately after...
Hunger strikers Gülmen, Özakça kept in prison hospital under dire conditions
Imprisoned educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, who are on the 145th day of a hunger strike they launched to be able to return...
Turkey transfers 3 human rights defenders to infamous Silivri Prison
Amnesty International (AI) Turkey Director İdil Eser and two other human rights activists, Özlem Dalkıran and Nalan Erkem, were transferred from Bakırköy to Silivri...
CHP deputy says Turkey’s OHAL commission like a stillborn child
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Ankara deputy Şenal Sarıhan has said a state of emergency (OHAL) commission, established to investigate applications directly...
25 people in Kahramanmaraş, 9 police officers in Eskişehir detained over alleged links to...
Turkish police teams on Monday detained 25 people in Kahramanmaraş province on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock. It...
Turkey’s Interior Ministry: 168 detained in one week due to social media posts
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 168 people have been detained over the past week on charges of disseminating propaganda on social...
Turkish police briefly detain 2 youngsters for singing Kurdish songs in İstanbul
A newly emerged video in social media has showed the moment two police officers briefly detain two youngsters for singing Kurdish songs at the Taksim...
Official confesses Turkey’s development agency spying on Gülen followers in Latin America
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has been spying on Gülen followers in the Latin American countries, the agency’s local coordinator told media in...
Turkish university student detained for wearing ‘part time hero’ T-shirt
A Çanakkale-based university student, identified as U.A., was rounded up for wearing a T-shirt bearing the words “part time hero,” Turkish media reported on...
40 years imprisonment sought for journalist Karaca for ‘plotting’ against pro-Al Qaeda group
An indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks 40 years jail term for Samanyolu Broadcasting Group General Manager Hidayet Karaca on charges of membership...
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