Victim of security forces’ torture in sieged Kurdish village arrested
Abdi Aykut, who was allegedly tortured during a recent military blockade of the village of Koruköy in southeast Turkey’s Mardin province, was arrested on...
Bozdağ retaliates by canceling meeting with German minister over arrested journalist row
Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has reacted against a German decision not to allow him to give a speech arranged for Thursday evening, saying...
CHP report on state of emergency tallies massive purge
A report by main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on the impact of state of emergency issued in the aftermath of the coup attempt...
JİNHA correspondent Aysel Işık released from prison
Pro-Kurdish JİNHA (Jin News Agency) correspondent Aysel Işık, who was arrested in November 2016, has been released after a trial in the Şırnak 2nd...
Jailed journalist Tunca Öğreten gets married in prison
Diken news website editor Tunca Öğreten, who was arrested in Jan. 17 for publishing stories on the leaked emails of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s...
Erdoğan: System change in Turkey would create many more Erdoğans
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who has been advocating a change to executive presidency said on Thursday that if Turkey could establish a system with...
40 military personnel, 28 teachers, 30 more detained over alleged Gülen links
As of Thursday morning, 40 members of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), 28 dismissed teachers and 30 civilians were detained over alleged links to...
Pro-gov’t TV presenter avoids prosecution for insult of Armenian deputy
The Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office has declined to investigate pro-government A Haber TV presenter Özlem Özcan, who called Garo Paylan, an Armenian deputy from...
OSCE calls on Turkey to halt purge against critical voices
Dunja Mijatović, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) representative on freedom of the media, on Wednesday displayed a strong reaction to...
Members of Grup Yorum and fashion designer Şansal released
The members of leftist band Grup Yorum and fashion designer Barbaros Şansal were released from the prison at their at their court hearing in İstanbul...
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