Pro-Kurdish, leftist journalists detained by Turkish gov’t on Friday released
Five pro-Kurdish and leftist journalists who were detained in police raids on their houses early Friday have been released, the T24 news website reported...
Inmate with late stage cancer awaiting presidential pardon for 8 months
Yusuf Özmen, an ailing cancer patient who is serving a sentence on conviction of alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, has been awaiting...
Turkish diplomats in Hungary spied on Erdoğan government critics as part of global witch...
Critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were profiled by Turkish diplomats in Budapest in line with an ongoing witch hunt carried out by the...
Convicted perpetrator of ‘Bahçelievler massacre’ appears on national TV, defends his crimes
Haluk Kırcı, the convicted murderer of seven university students in what is known as the “Bahçelievler massacre,” defended his crimes in an interview aired...
260,144 people jailed in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons
According to recent data released by Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül, 260,144 people are jailed in the country’s 385 overcrowded prisons, with 57,710 inmates...
District mayor among 42 arrested over corruption probe in ongoing crackdown on main opposition
A court in western Turkey has arrested the mayor of a district governed by the country’s main opposition party along with 41 other suspects...
Greece to extend border wall to 120 kilometers, says migration and asylum minister
Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum Notis Mitarachi has said the border wall along its frontier with Turkey will be expanded to 120 kilometers...
Key coup suspect says he was threatened by armed men to support putsch in...
Brig. Gen. Hakan Evrim, a suspect in the July 15 coup attempt trial and commander of Akıncı Airbase, where Chief of General Staff Gen....
Turkish gov’t detains 37 people over ‘promoting terrorism’ on social media
Turkish government has detained 37 more people across Turkey on Wednesday over allegedly taking part in an online smear campaign of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers'...
Jailed Kurdish leader not allowed to see his daughters
Jailed former Co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş was not allowed to see his daughters on Tuesday due to coronavirus-related...
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