6 and 7 year-old brothers killed by allegedly drunk police officers in Turkey’s Silopi

Armored vehicle driven by allegedly drunk policemen patrolling in Karşıyaka neighborhood in southeastern province Şırnak's Silopi district crashed into a home on Wednesday night...

European lawmakers stand with prominent human rights activist Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu

A group of European lawmakers, academics and activists expressed solidarity with human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu and...

‘I am being held in prison on the basis of a fiction,’ says jailed...

Osman Kavala, a prominent businessman and philanthropist who has been jailed since October 18, 2017, said in a written interview he gave through his...

Journalist sentenced to 11 months in prison for insulting Erdoğan

A Turkish court has sentenced journalist Uğur Koç to 11 months in prison on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Gazete Duvar...

Turkish court orders block on pro-opposition newspaper’s X account

A Turkish court has ordered an access block on the X account of Cumhuriyet, one of Turkey's most prominent newspapers, according to the Freedom...

Turkish gov’t plans to place quarter of top students in Islamist schools

Nearly a quarter of top-performing students entering Turkish high schools are expected to be placed in religious imam-hatip schools, Turkish Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz...

Turkey bans protests in southeastern province bordering Syria

Officials in Mardin, a southeastern Turkish province that borders Syria, on Monday announced a six-day ban on gatherings following an outpouring of anger over...

COMMENTARY — NATO simulation in Norway reveals Turkey’s Trojan horse

By Abdullah Bozkurt A Russian-Iranian proxy group led by neo-nationalist leader Doğu Perinçek, a close ally of Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been...

9-year-old Turkish girl drowns while trying to cross Evros River

Nine-year-old Nurefşan Teke drowned on Thursday while trying to cross the Evros River with her mother Neslihan in order to reunite with her father,...
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Turkish gov’t detains 9 active duty military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement

The Turkish government on Tuesday detained nine military officers on active duty in 11 provinces across Turkey in a Zonguldak-based investigation as part of...
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