Turkey issues detention warrants for 214 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities on Tuesday ordered the detention of 214 people including active duty and expelled military officers as well as former military cadets due...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government has detained dozens of people, including active duty military officers, across Turkey in the past two days as part of its...
Turkey seizes billions in assets, shuts down hundreds of Gulen-linked institutions since 2016 coup...
Turkish authorities have seized or frozen billions in assets and closed hundreds of institutions linked to the faith-based Gülen movement, according to official figures...
Organizers of art exhibition in İstanbul under investigation for LGBT propaganda
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into the organizers of an art exhibition in İstanbul after the exhibition was targeted by religious and nationalist...
Forensic report says ailing Kurdish politician ‘fit to remain in prison’
A report released by the İstanbul Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) has found that former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Aysel Tuğluk, who has...
Jailed Turkish journalists to protest identical uniforms by undressing during their court hearings
Jailed journalists may protest against the identical uniforms, which has been planned by the despotic regime of Turkey's autocratic Presindent Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, by...
Rights groups urge Turkey to release seriously ill inmate
Human rights groups in Turkey have called for the immediate release of Fatma Tokmak, a seriously ill inmate at Istanbul’s Bakırköy Women’s Prison, accusing...
Journalist receives threats for posting video of children taken to religious event in southeast...
Bilal Güldem, an editor for the pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency (MA), has received numerous threats on social media after posting a video of a...
University students spend night in park to protest high accommodation prices
A group of university students began sleeping in a park in İstanbul on Sunday to protest the high price of accommodation, while the Turkish...
Dissidents living abroad apprehensive about visiting Turkish consulates
Turkish dissidents living abroad are hesitant to visit Turkish embassies and consulates, fearing confiscation of their passports or refusal of their requests, the Ahval...
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