Turkey’s main opposition CHP sends message of support to HDP’s ‘Justice Watch’
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has sent a support message to a “Justice Watch” launched by the Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)...
Surveys show majority of Germans avoid going on a holiday in Turkey
Results of two public survey conducted in Germany have showed that majority of the Germans do not prefer to go to Turkey for a...
Detained woman, newborn baby transferred to police station 240 km away from home in...
Detained hours after giving birth at a private hospital in İstanbul early on Tuesday, a woman named Ayşe Kaya has been transferred to a...
27-year-old dorm manager detained while visiting hospital for treatment in Turkey
Muhammed B., the former manager of an Alanya-based student dormitory that the government earlier shuttered over its allged links to the Gülen movement, was detained at...
‘Maqluba’ pic on cell phone among terror evidence in Turkey
A former court clerk who was earlier dismissed over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, O.G. was sentenced to 6 years plus 3...
Mother of 6 under arrest as police fail to locate husband suspected of Gülen...
Meryem Şentürk, a Zonguldak woman and a mother of six, was arrested by a local court after police failed to locate his husband who...
Amnesty’s jailed Turkey director Eser has no visitors due to lack of immediate family
Director of Amnesty International (AI) Turkey İdil Eser, who has been jailed since her detention on July 5, has no visitors since she does...
Gülmen and Özakça’s lawyer: They will end hunger strike when their voices are heard
Selçuk Kozağaçlı, the lawyer for imprisoned educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, has said the two will end their hunger strike when they feel...
Journalism seen as crime only in totalitarian regimes, says jailed Cumhuriyet reporter Şık
Cumhuriyet daily reporter Ahmet Şık, who was detained on Dec. 22 and arrested on Dec. 30, 2016 on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda, said...
Association president proposes not renting houses to Gülen-linked people in Turkey
Konya Chamber of Real Estate Agents President Sedat Altınay said on Wednesday that real estate agents should have a system to prevent people with...
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