HDP’s Özsoy: 11 HDP deputies and over 80 Kurdish mayors still in Turkey’s prisons
"After the arrest of one and release of three of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies, there are currently two co-chairs and nine...
Probe into the assassinations of three Kurdish women in Paris reopened
A probe into the murder of three pro-PKK (the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party) Kurdish political activists Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Söylemez in...
AKP deputy visited General Staff headquarters on July 15, indictment reveals
Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Şirin Ünal visited the headquarters of the General Staff in Ankara hours before a failed coup on July...
35 purge victims committed suicide during Turkey’s emergency rule, CHP report reveals
A total of 35 people who have been affected by a purge carried by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government in the aftermath...
Turkey blocks access to online encyclopedia Wikipedia
Turkey has blocked online encyclopedia Wikipedia, the telecommunications watchdog, the Turkish Telecommunications Authority (BTK), said on Saturday, citing a law allowing it to ban...
Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen spies over Erdoğan opponents in Denmark
An adviser at the Turkish embassy in Copenhagen has confirmed that it collected information on alleged supporters of the Gülen movement, a faith-based social...
Pro-Erdoğan daily parts ways with pro-Erdoğan journalist Yıldıray Oğur
The pro-government Türkiye daily has parted ways with journalist Yıldıray Oğur, who is known to be a staunch supporter of Turkey's autocratic President Recep...
Turkish consulate in Geneva refuses to renew journalist Nesin’s passport
Journalist Ahmet Nesin has been denied service at the Turkish consulate in Geneva, in the latest of similar refusals targeting the government critics abroad.
Columnist...
Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu: Europeans have understood their mistakes
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu says Europeans have understood that they made mistakes in their relations with Turkey, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
“If...
Basel police officer from Turkish origin arrested for spying for Erdoğan
Swiss police has arrested a Basel-based traffic police on suspicion of spying for Turkish officials, reported by Basler Zeitung newspaper on Friday. According to the...
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