Turkish journalist detained after reporting alleged assault of nationalist party official
A Turkish journalist was detained Wednesday after publishing a report alleging that a local official from the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) was assaulted...
Strip-search is an ongoing practice in Edirne prison, opposition deputy says
Strip-search is an ongoing practice in a prison in the northwestern Turkish province of Edirne, human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker...
Rights organizations condemn police crackdown on Pride march in İstanbul
Amnesty International and Freedom House have condemned a ban imposed by Turkish authorities on a Pride march in central İstanbul over the weekend as...
Turkish courts hand down prison sentences to 41 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish courts on Wednesday handed down sentences to 41 people as part of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
Turkish textile worker arrested after protesting economic hardship prior to Erdoğan speech
A Turkish textile worker was arrested and jailed on Saturday after throwing a phone at a stage where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was waiting...
Erdoğan rival hardens tone, courting Turkish nationalists
Turkey’s opposition leader vowed Thursday to send millions of migrants back home in a strident message aimed at winning the support of an ultranationalist...
Former MP, rights defender Gergerlioğlu released from prison after top court’s ruling
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a human rights defender and former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who was was stripped of his parliamentary...
Turkish daily’s Erdoğan-friendly new board sacks editor-in-chief, reverses editorial policy
The newly elected board of the Cumhuriyet Foundation, the owner of Turkey's opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper, sacked Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu on Saturday and pulled the...
Turkey charges TV star manager over alleged govt ‘overthrow’ attempt
Turkish prosecutors have formally charged a renowned manager of television stars with “attempting to overthrow the government,” the state-run Anadolu news agency reported Tuesday,...
Turkey detains 30 people over alleged Gülen links
Thirty people, including active duty and dismissed military officers, have been detained on warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors for alleged links to the Gülen...
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