Turkish gov’t detains 34 including 70-year-old Kurdish imam on terror charges
At least 34 people have been detained by Turkish police in Adana over their alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the...
Jailed Turkish journalist’s wife slams ECtHR for causing unlawfulness to be reproduced in Turkey
Imprisoned Turkish journalist Ahmet Şık's wife Yonca Şık has harshly criticised the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and accused the court of causing unlawfulness...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 58 over links to Kimse Yok Mu charity
Detention warrants were issued for 58 people by the Diyarbakır Chief Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday on accusations that they were linked to the Kimse...
Turkish prosecutor seeks 15 years for journalist Güven over one tweet
An İstanbul prosecutor has demanded a 15-year sentence for Cumhuriyet daily website editor Oğuz Güven, who was jailed between May 15 and June 14...
Turkish court accepts indictment seeking 15 years for human rights defenders
The İstanbul 35th High Criminal Court has accepted an indictment drafted by the İstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office seeking up to 15 years each for...
FİDH sends letter to Pakistan authorities concerning forcible repatriation of 289 Turkish citizens
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), an international umbrella organization for human rights, has sent a letter to Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain, Pakistan Prime...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 137 more people over ByLock app use
Detention warrants were issued for 102 people in İstanbul, İzmir and Muğla provinces on Tuesday on accusations that they use a smart phone application...
Another Turkish citizen with Gülen links allegedly disappears abroad
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Turkish citizens Enver Kılıç and Zabit Kişi, who were detained while boarding the plane on September 30, can not be received any news after...
65-year-old woman stripped naked before visiting son in Turkish prison
Süleyman Başer, a media consultant for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) who spent 10 months in prison, said his septuagenarian mother had been...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 107 people over alleged links to Gülen movement on...
Turkish government has detained at least 107 people across Turkey over their alleged links to Gülen movement on Monday. The detainees included 35 military officers...
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