Funeral attacker takes photo with Turkish interior minister at police station
Murat Alp, a participant in a racist attack on the funeral of Hatun Tuğluk, mother of jailed Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Aysel Tuğluk,...
Turkish twitter user says wrong person jailed for provocative hashtag
A popular Twitter user posting under the name “JeansBiri” tweeted on Friday that a man who was arrested last November for allegedly starting a...
Turkish bar associations: Disproportionate force used in civilian area
The Diyarbakır, Van and Hakkari bar associations released a report on the use of drones in Hakkari’s Oğul village and concluded that disproportionate force...
Turkish passenger on same plane as CHP deputy tweets about strangling him
A passenger sitting behind main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu on a plane asked in a tweet whether he should kill...
Turkish government releases French journalist Loup Bureau from jail
French journalist Loup Bureau has been released from jail, his lawyer said on Friday. "We are pleased to announce the release of journalist Loup Bureau. He...
Lawyer of Turkey’s main opposition leader and dozens more detained over alleged links to...
Celal Çelik, a judge-turned lawyer representing the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, was detained at his home in Ankara province...
Survey shows Turkey, Italy most anti-immigration while Britain positive
Turkey and Italy are most worried about immigration, while Britain has become much less concerned, a global survey said on Thursday. According to a recent...
Turkey’s EU minister says Ankara feels betrayed by EU over accession process
Turkish EU Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik on Thursday said Turkey feels betrayed by European Union leaders who have called for the end of accession...
Nazarbayev says Kazakh-Turk schools belong to Kazakhstan, no extradition of teachers
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Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Thursday that Kazakh-Turk high schools that are allegedly linked to the faith-based Gülen movement belong to Kazakhstan and...
UN, Int’l organizations become party before ECtHR in cases of journalists jailed by Turkey
United Nations (UN), international rights organizations, Council of Europe will become party in the cases of the arrested journalists in Turkey before the European...
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