US asks Turkey to ensure judicial independence, release journalists
US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert asked Turkey to ensure judicial independence and release imprisoned journalists during a press briefing on Thursday.
Nauert, who was...
Journalist detained by Turkish police in Mersin for carrying a magazine
A journalist working for the Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper, Özkan Erdal, has been detained in Tarsus district of Mersin province, Evrensel daily reported on Friday....
Turkish court sentences psychologist to 10,5 years in prison over alleged links to Gülen...
Ercan Eroğlu, an İstanbul psychologist, was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison over his alleged links to the Gülen movement on Thursday.
The reason...
Turkish court sends journalist Karataş to jail over pro-Kurdish forum gathering
A columnist of Evrensel daily newspaper, Yusuf Karataş was put in pre-trial arrest as part of an investigation into the Democratic People’s Congress (DTK), the largest...
YÖK responds to Erdoğan’s ‘request’ to eliminate assistant professorship status
Turkey’s Higher Education Board (YÖK) Chairman Yekta Saraç has said they started working on removal of the position of assistant professor after Turkey's autocratic...
Parliamentary status of two pro-Kurdish HDP deputies removed due to ‘absence’
The parliamentary status of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Van deputy Tuğba Hezer Öztürk and Şırnak deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız was removed in a vote...
Opposition party CHP initiates ‘Democracy Watch’ in Turkish Parliament
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) parliamentary group deputy chairman Özgür Özel said his party decided to spend the night in Parliament yesterday in...
1,963 die due to work-related accidents during OHAL period in Turkey
The İstanbul Council for Worker Health and Work Safety (İSİG) has reported that at least 1,963 workers, including 51 child laborers and 74 refugees,...
Turkish gov’t detains, arrests dozens over their alleged links to Gülen movement on Thursday
Turkish government’s massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged followers of the Gülen movement has continued on Thursday with dozens of new detentions and new...
Nişanyan, renowned Turkish-Armenian intelectual, applied for political asylum in Greece
Renowned Turkish-Armenian intelectual, linguist and writer Sevan Nişanyan, who escaped from a Turkish prison two weeks ago after having been jailed in 2014 on...
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