Saturday Mothers demand justice for their disappeared children at 802nd meeting

The Saturday Mothers met for the 802nd time on Saturday to demand justice and truth for their children and loved ones who disappeared while...

37 detained across Turkey for helping families of jailed Gülen followers

Thirty-seven people have been detained in a Bartın-based operation that was also conducted in Karabük, İstanbul and Isparta provinces on terrorism charges for helping...

Turkey detains 126 in operation targeting Kurds ahead of critical elections

Turkey on Tuesday detained 126 pro-Kurdish activists, journalists and lawyers in raids conducted just three weeks before a knife-edge vote that could extend President...

Over 1 million people demand freedom for Turkey’s Amnesty chair as trial resumes

More than one million people from 194 countries have demanded the release of Taner Kılıç, Amnesty International’s Turkey Chair and the dropping of charges...

HDP spokesperson Bilgen arrested on terror charges

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and party spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen was arrested on terror charges on Tuesday, one day after his detention on...

7 students face up to 3 years in prison over Boğaziçi protests

Turkish prosecutors are seeking up to three years in prison for seven students over a poster depicting Islam’s holiest site with LGBT imagery, AFP...

ITUC reiterates its call for boycott ILO meeting in İstanbul on October 2-5

International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has reiterated its call for members to boycott International Labor Organization's (ILO) 10th European Regional Meeting in İstanbul in October...

Kurdish lawmaker faces up to 15 years in prison on terrorism charges

A lawmaker from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who was stripped of her parliamentary immunity and jailed earlier this month, faces a prison...

1,009 people detained in massive crackdown on alleged Gülen followers in police force

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for a total of 4,900 people in the police force due to their alleged links to the faith-based...

HDP deputy Paylan may lose immunity due to remarks on Armenian genocide

Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) İstanbul deputy Garo Paylan, who is of Armenian origin, faces the risk of losing his parliamentary immunity as...
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