Opposition parties, Kılıçdaroğlu remain silent on mass detention of Kurds despite int’l condemnation
Turkey’s opposition parties and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the joint presidential candidate of an opposition bloc of six parties, have remained silent on the detention of...
Former teacher diagnosed with cancer amid Turkey’s post-coup purge dies without justice
A former teacher who was diagnosed with cancer shortly after being dismissed from her job by a government decree following a coup attempt in...
Court refuses to release journalist who photographed murder of Kurdish student
A Kurdish journalist who has been the subject of frequent judicial harassment since he photographed the killing of a Kurdish university student by a...
Turkish journalist detained, fired from job after expression of condolences for Gülen on TV
A journalist in western Turkey was detained and subsequently fired from her job after she expressed condolences for Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen during a...
Turkey ordered detention of 89 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 89 people including teachers, lawyers, active duty and dismissed military officers and former...
Justice Ministry says 69,301 students behind bars in Turkey
Turkey's Justice Ministry has announced that 69,301 students were currently behind bars in Turkish prisons, reported by Bianet on Monday.
Responding to parliamentary inquiry of...
Exiled journalist reveals deep state-politics relations in Turkey in documentary
Can Dündar, a Turkish journalist and author living in exile, has uncovered shady relations between the deep state and politicians in Turkey based on...
Coup suspects to wear identical brown uniforms in court, Turkish ministry says
Turkey’s Justice Ministry said on Wednesday that all suspects in ongoing trials concerning a controversial coup attempt last year are going to wear identical...
EP rapporteur Piri calls on Turkey to release jailed HDP presidential candidate Demirtaş
The European Parliament's (EP) Turkey rapporteur, Kati Piri, has called for the release of jailed pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party's (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş...
PACE calls for reinstating Turkey’s monitoring procedure
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Wednesday called for monitoring of Turkey to be reinstated in order to strengthen its...
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