A letter from prison shows tortures have taken a systematic form in Turkey’s prisons
A letter sent by Evrim Konak, an inmate in Gebze Type M Women’s Prison, to pro-Kurdish media outlets indicates heavy pressures and tortures have...
Pro-Erdoğan daily: MİT prepares a new list of 130,000 ByLock users
Murat Kelkitlioğlu, the editor-in-chief of pro-Erdoğan Akşam daily, has written in his Tuesday column that Turkey's notorious National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has prepared a...
PACE says democratic referendum hindered under emergency rule in Turkey
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said democratic referendum process was hindered in Turkey by restrictions on freedom of expression, association, movement...
Turkish gov’t imposes curfew in four districts of Kurdish dominated Diyarbakır province
Turkish government has imposed curfews in more than 40 villages in southeastern province of Diyarbakir early Tuesday as part of a security operation against...
Turkeys issues detention warrant for pro-Kurdish HDP spokesperson Baydemir
A detention warrant has been issued for pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy and spokesperson Osman Baydemir, Turkish media reports said on Tuesday....
Turkish gov’t detains 37 people, arrests 5 students over their alleged links with Gülen...
Turkish police on early Tuesday detained 25 people from various professions in simultaneous operations as part of the Turkish government's post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting...
Turkish gov’t seals off Gezi Park days before the anniversary of 2013 protests
Turkish police has sealed off İstanbul's Gezi Park near the historical Taksim square ahead of the fourth anniversary of the nationwide anti-government demonstrations that...
Turkish court gives prison sentences to BirGün daily’s editor Gültekin and owner Aydın
Journalist Berkant Gültekin, a managing editor of leftist Turkish daily BirGün, and İbrahim Aydın, the owner of the paper, were sentenced to 21 months...
Turkish gov’t detains 1,128 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish government has detained 1,128 people over their alleged links with the Gülen movement between May 22-29, 2017, according to statistics shared by Turkey's...
Pro-Erdoğan radical Islamist Yeni Akit daily’s editor-in-chief Demirel stabbed to death by son-in-law
Kadir Demirel, the editor-in-chief of Yeni Akit, a radical Islamist pro-Erdoğan Turkish daily, was stabbed to death by his son-in-law in İstanbul on Monday....
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