Grand Unity Party deputy targets MP over criticism of police
Kaan Şengil, a deputy from the right-wing Grand Unity Party (BBP), publicly targeted Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu...
Women’s rights activists to demonstrate at top court for reinstatement of Istanbul Convention
Representatives from Turkey’s women’s rights organizations and lawyers will gather early on April 28 in front of the Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative...
Former general serving life sentence on coup charges dies in prison
Kemal Mutlum, a former brigadier general who was serving an aggravated life sentence on conviction of coup charges following an abortive putsch in Turkey...
At least 28 women killed, 25 sexually harassed in Turkey last month
At least 28 women were killed in first month of 2018 and 25 others were subjected to sexual violence, according to a report released...
AKP bill calls for prison sentences for ‘insulting,’ ‘disinformation’ on social media
A new bill expected to be proposed soon by Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) stipulates prison sentences for social media users who...
27 detained due to social media posts about alleged child abuse case in SE...
Turkish police have detained 27 people over social media posts about the case of a 15-year-old girl in southeastern Batman province who was allegedly...
Turkey second only to India in censorship of verified journalists on Twitter
Turkey was second only to India in the number of removal requests it made from Twitter for content posted by verified journalists and news...
Ankara court orders arrest of former Deputy PM Arınç’s son-in-law over alleged Gülen links
An Ankara court on Monday ordered the arrest of academic Ekrem Yeter, the former Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç's son-in-law after he was detained...
Turkish court arrests 6 people abducted by MİT in Kosovo
A Turkish court on Wednesday evening arrested six people who were abducted in Kosovo and brought back to Turkey by its notorious National Intelligence Organisation...
Fethullah Gülen reiterates no involvement in Turkey’s controversial coup attempt
US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has denied once more Turkish authorities’ accusations of masterminding a controversial coup bid in Turkey last year, in...
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