22-year jail term sought for Turkish director over movie showing Erdogan’s execution
Turkish prosecutors are seeking 22,5-year jail sentences for Turkish producer Ali Avcı over a movie trailer that shows the moments before the apparent execution of...
Purged 62 police officers detained over alleged ByLock use
A total of 62 police officers who were previously removed from their posts due to their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement have...
Woman calls for release of jailed husband suffering from ulcerative colitis
Buket Turan, whose imprisoned husband is suffering from ulcerative colitis, a chronic inflammatory bowel disease with a high risk of developing into colorectal cancer,...
Alevi associations refuse to pay high energy bills for cemevis, charged as ‘businesses’
The Federation of Alevi Associations has announced that they refuse to pay high electricity bills for cemevis, Alevi places of worship, which are considered...
Turkish court arrests 2 Greek soldiers detained in northwestern Turkey on espionage charges
A Turkish court has arrested two Greek soldiers who were detained after crossing the border into northwestern Turkey on Friday, inadvertently they claim, on...
European rights court let Turkey’s dissidents down, says jailed Kurdish leader
Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed ex-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has said the ineptness of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)...
Jailed Turkish businessman İpek: ‘Accusing my mother of terrorism unacceptable’
Jailed Turkish businessman Cafer Tekin İpek, the brother of famous businessman Hamdi Akın İpek, who was the owner of multi-billion dollar Koza İpek Holding...
Opposition expresses concerns about AKP’s pre-election efforts to provoke, manipulate voters
Tactics allegedly used by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its allies in the run-up to Sunday’s elections to provoke and manipulate...
Thousands of children lost parents in Turkey’s earthquake disaster
A total of 3,500 children lost either one or both parents in earthquakes that devastated several southeastern Turkish provinces in early February, the Hürriyet...
Turkey’s Saturday Mothers reclaim right to bury their loved ones
The Saturday Mothers met for the 710th time on Saturday to demand justice and truth for their children and relatives who disappeared while in...
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