Imprisoned journalist says tortured with cold water during detention
Under arrest since mid-January, pro-Kurdish DİHA news agency editor Ömer Çelik has said he was forced to stand in a bucket filled with cold...
Turkish gov’t restricts access to archive of media outlets closed under emergency rule
Access to archived copies of the journals, magazines and the newspapers that were shuttered as part of Turkey’s post-coup emergency decrees were restricted as...
16 academics, 6 teachers and 14 students detained by police in Turkey on Monday
At least 14 university students were detained in a Nevşehir-based investigation into the Gülen movement over the weekend. Police carried out operations in 9...
TURKEY PURGE IN PAST 30 DAYS: 2125 detained, 580 jailed, 9,103 suspended, 3,974 dismissed...
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions has been continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down...
Turkey celebrates May Day under emergency rule, over 200 people detained in İstanbul
Turkish riot police detained at least 207 people during May Day celebrations across İstanbul on Monday, according to a statement from the İstanbul Governor’s...
Cemevi on Kurt decision: Killing a person here gets a TL 12,100 fine
The Okmeydanı Cemevi, an Alevi house of worship, protested a court decision last week that fined a police officer TL 12,100 for the murder...
Pro-Erdoğan daily: 13,000 targeted in new wave of detentions
The pro-government Yeni Şafak daily on Sunday claimed that a new detention operation is underway targeting 13,000 police officers and civilians allegedly linked to...
Turkey holds 235 journalists in prisons on eve of World Press Freedom Day
In the days leading up the World Press Freedom Day, Turkey stands out from the crowd by a distant margin by holding a record...
M72 LAW produced by Turkey’s MKE captured from ISIL in Tabqa
A pro-Kurdish news source has claimed that YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have seized arms including M72 LAW produced by Turkey for the Turkish...
Top Judge, Paralyzed After Cancer Surgery, Under Arrest At Hospital
Mustafa Erdoğan, a former member Court of Cassation, who was dismissed as part of the government’s post-coup purge of public institutions, has been kept...
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