Water usage restrictions extended in western Turkey as severe drought continues
Authorities in western Turkey have extended restrictions on water usage, with the region continuing to contend with a severe drought, the Gazete Duvar news...
NATO officer, abducted and tortured by Turkish intelligence, reveals horrific details
A Turkish lieutenant colonel who had been assigned to NATO headquarters and who was abducted and tortured by agents of the Turkish intelligence service...
Wife of Turkish teacher fired and jailed over alleged Gülen links dies of cancer
Nevin Dağ, whose husband is currently being held in Gaziantep Prison, died of cancer on Wednesday, according to Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a prominent human...
Turkish court approves jail sentences for 4 pro-Kurdish HDP parliamentary candidates
A Gaziantep regional court has approved jail sentences for four Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) members who are also standing as parliamentary candidates in the...
Turkish diplomats in Cameroon spied on Erdoğan critics
Judicial documents have confirmed that critics of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who had been profiled by Turkish diplomats in Cameroon were included in...
Prison guard allegedly threatens former HDP deputy Leyla Güven in Elazığ prison
The daughter of former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Leyla Güven has claimed her mother was threatened with physical violence by a prison guard...
Turkish police detain İYİ Party’s head of communications over links to Gülen movement
Kerim Çoraklık, head of the communications team of Turkey's opposition İYİ Party has been detained on charges of making the propaganda of the faith...
Turkey moves to sell fast-food chain seized over alleged Gülen links for at least...
Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has put the Maydonoz Döner fast-food chain up for sale with a starting price of 2.36 billion Turkish...
Motherless children left to care of relatives after father sent to prison over Gülen...
Two motherless children aged 7 and 2 were left to the care of their relatives in different cities after their father was sent to...
CHP deputy asks about 7 abducted purge victims in parliamentary question
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has submitted a parliamentary question to the Parliament Speaker’s Office in which he...
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