6 former public servants arrested to serve sentences for Gülen links
Anti-smuggling and organized crime police on Tuesday arrested six former public servants in Ankara to serve sentences for links to the Gülen movement, the...
99 percent of Turkey’s post-coup purge victims say they were denied fair trial: survey
Nearly 99 percent of civil servants dismissed by emergency decrees after a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016 say they were denied the right...
Lawyer says children of woman arrested on Gülen links ‘traumatized’
The lawyer of a woman arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement said in an interview that her two children, aged 12 and...
Jailed Turkish journalist indicted for allegedly threatening President Erdoğan
Well-known Turkish journalist Fatih Altaylı, who has been in pretrial detention since June 22, has been indicted on charges of threatening President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a...
Turkey orders detention of 1,112 people in one day as part of crackdown
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday ordered the detention of 1,112 people as part of a massive crackdown targeting followers of the...
Earthquake victims in southeastern Turkey living in despair and hopelessness
Seven months after two devastating earthquakes destroyed thousands of homes in southeastern Hatay province, victims say they are living in despair and hopelessness, the...
Turkish court accepts indictment against journalist over alleged insults to Erdoğan
An Istanbul court on Thursday accepted an indictment seeking up to 15 years in prison for journalist Furkan Karabay on charges of “insulting the...
Kurdish politician allegedly strip-searched in western Turkey prison
The guards in an İzmir prison allegedly strip-searched and verbally assaulted Berna Çelik, a provincial executive of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who...
82 women’s organizations publish statement in support of migrants in Turkey
A total of 82 women's organizations published a joint statement on Monday criticizing the rising anti-migrant sentiment in Turkey, saying they supported migrants and...
Turkish Justice Ministry: Jailed presidential candidate Demirtaş’s right to be elected not violated
Turkey’s Justice Ministry has said jailed politician Selahattin Demirtaş’s right to be elected was not violated although he had to conduct his campaign for...
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