Turkey’s Interior Ministry: 157 detained in one week due to social media posts
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 157 people have been detained over the past week on charges of disseminating propaganda on social...
European Court of Human Rights questions Turkey on judges, prosecutors under arrest
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has addressed a series of questions to the Turkish government due to applications lodged by former judges...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of military personnel, civilians over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for at least 32 military officers, detained 67 military officers and dozens of civilians across Turkey on Thursday...
RTÜK fines 4 TV stations for airing politician’s remarks on Erdoğan ‘escape’ plan
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed a fine on four TV stations for airing the remarks of main...
Turkish security forces have killed 502 people at Syrian border in last decade
Turkish security forces have killed a total of 502 people in the last 10 years at the Syrian border, said lawyer Ahmet Baran Çelik...
Afghans collect 1 million signatures to prevent seizure of Turkish schools by Erdoğan regime
Afghans have collected 1 million signatures to prevent the transfer of Turkish schools founded by businessmen and operated by educators allegedly affiliated with the...
Teachers fleeing Ankara’s crackdown to be deported to Bulgaria by Germany, fear possible extradition...
A German court has rejected the asylum applications of two Turkish teachers who worked for schools affiliated with the Gülen movement in Vietnam, ruling...
US delegation to Turkey not eager to talk about pastor Brunson: report
A US congressional delegation that went to Turkey on Monday to persuade Ankara to abandon plans to purchase a Russian missile defense system in...
14 journalist associations in Germany call on Turkey’s Erdoğan to release jailed colleagues
Fourteen German associations representing hundreds of journalists sent an open letter to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calling for the release of their...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan gov’t turns to rape as a political weapon in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
As part of an escalating crackdown on the right to dissent, on criticism and on opposition voices in Turkey in recent years,...
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