Yet another woman who just gave birth faces detention over alleged Gülen links
Elif Coşkun, who just gave birth on Monday night in Turkey’s western province of İzmir, will allegedly be taken into custody in the hospital...
HRF urges UN to oppose torture on 18 Gülen followers imprisoned in Turkmenistan
In an open letter issued on Tuesday, the New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has called on United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to...
HDP deputy Mehmet Ali Aslan briefly detained in Turkey’s Batman province
Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) Batman deputy Mehmet Ali Aslan was briefly detained by Turkish police in Batman Airport on Tuesday. He was released...
Report: 161,751 people detained, 50,334 people arrested in Turkey over alleged Gülen links
At least 161,751 people were detained and 50,334 people were arrested in Turkey in the framework of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign...
34 employees of government-seized Kaynak Holding jailed over alleged Gülen links
A total of 34 people, who were employees of Turkish business conglomerate Kaynak Holding which was seized in the wake of the controversial coup...
Deputy Parliament Speaker, HDP deputy Buldan released after brief detention
Deputy Parliament Speaker and pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Pervin Buldan was released after she was briefly detained on Monday.
Buldan was detained at...
Turkey’s HDP, MHP lodge dissenting opinion on coup commission report due to shortcomings, contradictions
The opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) announced on Monday that they have lodged a dissenting opinion to a parliamentary...
Closed Jin news agency’s editor Zehra Doğan jailed in Turkey’s Diyarbakır
Journalist and artist Zehra Doğan, who was an editor of now-closed pro-Kurdish Jin news agency (JINHA) was arrested on Monday as she was travelling...
Ankara mayor Gökçek claims foreign powers behind quake in Aegean Sea
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake in the Aegean Sea on Monday hit Turkey’s western region, with shock waves felt in İstanbul and in neighboring provinces. Following...
386 people detained in Turkey over alleged Gülen links over past week
A total of 386 people were detained across Turkey as part of a massive post-coup witch hunt targeting the alleged members of the Gülen...
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