Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 110 former employees of Kaynak Holding
Detention warrants were issued for 110 former owners, executives and employees of Kaynak Holding, which was seized by the government in November 2015 due...
Turkey’s ruling AKP rejects parliamentary motion to probe individual armament
A parliamentary motion asking for an inquiry into the individual armament inside Turkey has been rejected by the votes from the ruling Justice and...
Turkish TV Producer Mehmet Semiz faces 22-year in jail over cancelling Cable TV subscription
A young journalist who is the producer and presenter of a culture program on a national TV in Turkey has been behind bars for...
Bharara outraged over Turkey’s Erdoğan to ask US administration to sack an American prosecutor
Former US Attorney for New York South District, Preet Bharara said it is outrageous for Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to ask US administration...
Turkish police detain 15 people, including journalists and lawyers in İstanbul
Turkish police raided offices of Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP), Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF), Law Office of the Oppressed (EHB) and...
Evrensel editor Sarı gets 11 months in jail for allegedly ‘insulting’ Turkish President
Çağrı Sarı, the managing editor of leftist daily Evrensel has been given 11 months 20 days prison sentence for allegedly insulting Turkish autocratic President...
Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens mayors of major cities over resistance to resignation
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday threatened the mayors of three major cities who are resisting calls to resign as part of...
Key coup suspect’s brother AKP deputy Dişli resigns as Erdoğan’s adviser
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman Şaban Dişli, brother of Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli, one of the key suspects in a...
Turkish regional court approves 55-month sentence for pro-Kurdish HDP deputy
The Gaziantep Regional Court of Justice has approved a 55 month, 10 day prison sentence for Ferhat Encü, one of 10 jailed deputies from...
Pakistani human rights lawyer: We will go down to root of official lies in...
Asma Jilani Jahangir, renowned Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the lawyer...
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