Turkey removed 32 Kurdish mayors in 2019: report
Turkey’s Interior Ministry appointed trustees to replace 32 elected Kurdish mayors in 2019, the Mezopotamya news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a report drafted...
Turkey orders detention of 37 more people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities ordered the detention of 37 people over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in two separate investigations last week, Turkish media...
Woman dies of cancer after imprisonment on Gülen links
Betül Aygün, a 30-year-old former teacher, died of breast cancer after her treatment was significantly delayed by a prison administration during her incarceration on...
Turkey’s media watchdog imposes sanctions on Halk TV due to journalist’s remarks
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed penalties on the pro-opposition Halk TV station due to the remarks of...
Police briefly detain 4 journalists working for Russian Sputnik’s Turkish service
Turkish police briefly detained four journalists from the Turkish operation of Russia’s Sputnik news agency including its editor-in-chief, according to Sputnik.
Editor-in-chief Mahir Boztepe, who...
Turkey opens investigation under ‘disinformation law’ after shopkeeper criticizes economy
Turkish prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into a shopkeeper who posted a video criticizing economic conditions, invoking a controversial “disinformation law” that rights...
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Mother of former military cadet stages protest in Ankara, demanding justice for imprisoned...
Melek Çetinkaya, the mother of a former military cadet who is serving a life sentence for allegedly participating in an abortive putsch in Turkey...
New gov’t bill paves the way for academic dismissals from universities
A new bill proposed by Turkey’s Islamist, ultranationalist government that will pave the way for academic dismissals from universities on accusations of disseminating terrorist...
Former human rights association co-chair murdered in İzmir
Lawyer Ali Aydın, a former co-chair of the Human Rights Association’s (İHD) İzmir branch, was killed by a blow to the head with a...
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