Turkey’s main opposition leader says he is not intimidated by Erdoğan’s arrest threats
In response to threats of arrest made by Turkey's autocratic President and Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Turkey’s Interior Ministry: 616 detained in one week over alleged Gülen links
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced that 616 people have been detained in last week due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement while...
Two children singing in Kurdish detained in eastern Turkey
Turkish police on Monday detained two children aged 11 or 12 while they were singing a song in Kurdish on Cumhuriyet Street in Turkey’s...
Turkish police wait at hospital to detain new mother over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police are waiting at Adana Avrupa Hospital to detain Elif Açıkgöz, who just gave birth by cesarean section, over alleged links to the...
Orhan Pamuk says so many innocent people in Turkish prisons
Nobel laureate Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk has said Turkey has imprisoned so many innocent people in arbitrary ways very recently, leading him to feel...
German Chancellor Merkel says Turkey abuses Interpol warrants
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday criticized Turkey’s use of an Interpol arrest warrant to detain a German writer Doğan Akhanlı in Spain, telling...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 19 former police chiefs, 12 of them arrested...
Turkish government has detained 12 police chiefs who were previously dismissed from duties as part of massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members...
Nurse dismissed by Turkish government’s arbitrary decree attempts suicide over depression
A Turkish nurse in Isparta province, who is identified as S.B., who was dismissed from her position as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown,...
Turkish gov’t arrests dismissed pro-Kurdish mayor, 1-year-old son as mother battered during operation
Lice Municipality’s former co-mayor Rezan Zuğurlı was arrested along with her 1-year-old son while her mother Firuze Zuğurlı was battered by police officers during...
Erdoğan reiterates call on Turks in Germany not to vote for ‘anti-Turkey’ parties
Despite reactions from Berlin “not to interfere in internal affairs,” Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday reiterated his call on Turks living...
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