Pro-Erdoğan daily: MİT prepares a new list of 130,000 ByLock users
Murat Kelkitlioğlu, the editor-in-chief of pro-Erdoğan Akşam daily, has written in his Tuesday column that Turkey's notorious National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has prepared a...
Canadian HR activist to jailed Turkish journalist Parıldak: We love you, think of you,...
"Please know that we love you, think of you, and do our best to make sure the world knows you. You are not alone....
Social media users call on Turkish authorities to find relatives missing after February 6...
As the anniversary of the February 6 earthquakes nears, social media users have called on Turkish authorities to investigate the whereabouts of people who...
CPJ calls for release of pro-Kurdish outlet employee, journalists detained in Turkey on trumped-up...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkey to release an employee of the pro-Kurdish Yeni Yaşam newspaper as well as all...
62 former military cadets indicted on coup charges 5.5 years after coup attempt
Turkish prosecutors have indicted 62 former military cadets on charges of attempting to overturn the constitutional order due to their alleged role in a...
Passengers rescued after 23 hours from deadly cable car accident in Turkey
Rescue workers finished evacuating dozens of passengers trapped for 23 hours mid-air Saturday after a cable car accident in southern Turkey that killed one...
Wife of jailed CHP deputy Berberoğlu slams lack of justice in Turkey due to...
Oya Berberoğlu, the wife of jailed Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu, has lashed out at the lack of justice in Turkey, saying...
Turkey’s popular online debate network faces investigation for incitement
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into a popular online debate network, accusing the platform of inciting hatred and enmity in society and inciting...
İstanbul police detain 4 young Kurds doing traditional dance, sparking criticism
Four young Kurdish men who were doing a traditional dance to loud music being played from loudspeakers were detained by İstanbul police and forced...
33 housewives detained in Kayseri over alleged ByLock use
Thirty-three housewives have been detained over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a July 15 coup attempt, the...
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