966 detained in Turkey in post-coup witch-hunt targeting Gülen movement in one week
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that a total of 966 people have been detained in the past week as part of an...
Trial of 221 suspects including generals accused of coup plotting begins in Turkey
A total of 221 suspects, including over two dozen former Turkish generals, accused of being among the ringleaders of an attempted coup on July...
Turkish court sentences two top editors of closed Nokta newsweekly to 22 years
A court in İstanbul has handed down a sentence of 22 years, six months to both Cevheri Güven and Murat Çapan, top editors of...
Turkish Foreign Ministry delivers diplomatic note to US ambassador over violence in DC
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned US Ambassador to Ankara John Bass to deliver a diplomatic note over a melee outside the Turkish diplomatic...
Amnesty International’s new report says purged public sector workers denied a future in Turkey
The dismissal of more than 100,000 Turkish public sector workers is arbitrary and has had a catastrophic impact on their lives and livelihoods, a...
Turkey’s foreign ministry labels 394 Turkish diplomats as terrorists
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey’s foreign ministry has branded almost 500 of its employees as ‘terrorists’ without any judicial proceedings and purged them from the government...
Two expelled educators detained on 75th day of their hunger strike
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Turkish police, after midnight on Sunday, have raided the houses belonging to Semih Özakça and Nuriye Gülmen, educators who went on a hunger strike...
SCF revised total figure for Turkey’s jailed journos as 258 with 19 more identified
Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) has finally identified the names of 19 arrested journalists who were working for state-run network Turkish Radio Television Corporation...
Recently revealed testimony shows MİT informed about coup 7 hours beforehand
As many questions still persist as to what happened before and after a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, Major O.K. said in...
Turkey’s autocratic President Erdoğan promises not to end state of emergency
Despite calls from international rights organizations and the European Union, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday promised not to end an ongoing...
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