Civil servant purged by Turkish gov’t abducted in Ankara, says parent
Orçun Şenyücel, a former public employee who was dismissed from his job at the Competition Authority in 2016, has been abducted by an unknown...
HDP deputy says students detained for Gülen links mistreated at Istanbul police headquarters
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and human rights activist Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu on Saturday said on Twitter that 41 students who were detained at...
44 inmates in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison test positive for COVID-19
Forty-four inmates in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison have tested positive for COVID-19, the chief public prosecutor’s office announced on Friday, the Gazete Duvar news website...
European rights court rules Turkey violated prisoners’ rights by restricting visits and phone calls
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkey violated prisoners' right to respect for their private and family life by...
Erdoğanist journalist Küçük: Turkish gov’t to abduct Gülen followers in US, Europe
Journalist Cem Küçük, a staunch supporter of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said following "operations in Pakistan and Indonesia", the Turkish intelligence agency...
Doctors leaving Turkey should be stripped of citizenship: Turkish mayor
Taner İşbir, a district mayor from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Çorum, has called on the Turkish government to revoke the...
Inmate dies from COVID-19 at İstanbul’s Silivri Prison: statement
The İstanbul Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday announced the death of an inmate at Silivri Prison from COVID-19, adding that the number...
Kurdish football club in Turkey faces probe over braids clip backing Syrian Kurds
Turkey’s main Kurdish football team is to face action by the national football organization for sharing a video in solidarity with Kurdish forces in...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Erdoğan enlists Tuaregs in his proxy battle
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who helped destabilize Syria by supporting al-Qaeda-linked groups in Syria including the al-Nusra Front has been courting...
Mother of former military cadet says son’s cell lacks heating and warm water
Melek Çetinkaya, the mother of a former military cadet who is serving a life sentence for allegedly participating in an abortive putsch in Turkey...
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