Turkish courts jail 16 people over alleged PYD/PKK promotion on social media
At least 16 people have been arrested by Turkish courts on Saturday across Turkey for allegedly promoting the outlawed PYD/PKK armed group’s propaganda on...
Police prevent HDP deputy, others from examining destroyed Armenian cemetery in Ankara
Turkish police have prevented opposition lawmaker Garo Paylan along with representatives from the Ankara branch of the Turkish Chamber of Architects from examining the...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan and his cronies seize the wealth of critics in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The unlawful seizure of assets of companies worth tens of billions of dollars and the confiscation of the wealth of critics of...
Turkey will require foreign social media companies to appoint local representatives: report
Turkey will require foreign social media companies with high Internet traffic to appoint a representative in the country to address concerns raised by authorities...
Turkey’s OHAL Commission reinstates only 2,700 people out of 125,000 appeals
Turkey's State of Emergency Procedures Investigation Commission (OHAL Commission), which was established by the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to investigate...
Turkey blocks exiled journalist Dündar’s YouTube channel over protest call
An İstanbul court has ordered a block on the YouTube channel of journalist living in exile Can Dündar, citing “national security and public order”...
Defence Minister: Turkish shelling marks de facto start of Afrin operation
Turkish Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Friday that Turkey’s operation in Syria’s Kurdish-controlled Afrin region has “de facto” begun with cross-border shelling.
“The operation...
Journalist investigated due to televised comments on election night
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into prominent journalist Çiğdem Toker due to her comments on television about the results of a runoff election...
Pushbacks and violence against refugees are de facto border policy in Greece: Amnesty International
Greek border forces violently and illegally detain groups of refugees before summarily returning them to Turkey, human rights watchdog Amnesty International said in a...
Kurdish theater play ‘Bêrû’ banned in another Turkish city
The governor of the southeastern city of Şanlıurfa prohibited the staging of a theater play in Kurdish last Friday just hours before the scheduled...
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