2-month-old denied breast milk for 17 days while under detention with mother
Put under detention with his mother at Ankara’s Sincan Prison, a two-month-old newborn had been denied access to breast milk for 17 days.
According to...
3,126 years in prison, 18 life sentences sought for 55 HDP deputies
Turkish authorities are seeking a prison sentence of up to 3,126 years in total and 18 life sentences for 55 deputies of the pro-Kurdish...
İHD report: 68 children killed during clashes in eastern, southeastern Turkey in 2016
Sixty-eight children were killed, 150 detained, 40 arrested and six were tortured during clashesbetween Turkish security forces and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in...
Once declaring it a menace, Erdoğan starts campaigning on Twitter
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has launched a campaign for a referendum on constitutional amendments likely to take place on April 16 on Twitter, which...
Columnist fired days after vowing to vote ‘no’ in upcoming referendum
The contract of Doğan Media Group Posta daily columnist Hakan Çelenk was reportedly cancelled by the newspaper days after he sarcastically criticized government plans...
46 Central Bank, KİK employees detained over ByLock use
Thirty-six employees from the Turkish Central Bank and 10 others from the Public Procurement Authority (KİK) have been detained in Ankara due to their...
Police use force against academics protesting purges at universities
Turkish police on Friday used pressurized water and pepper spray to disperse a group of people including academics who gathered in front of Ankara...
Erdoğan signals reinstatement of death penalty after referendum
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has revealed plans to reinstate the death penalty in Turkey following a public referendum that will be held on...
Turkey recalls spying Diyanet imams from Germany
As a result of investigations into imams who spied on Gülen movement sympathizers in Germany, Turkey has decided to recall some of the imams...
At least 13 imams involved in profiling of Gülen sympathizers in Germany
A German-based Turkish reporter tweeted on Thursday that according to a Nordrhein-Westfalen intelligence agency, 13 imams are involved in illegal profiling of Gülen movement...
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