PKK spokesman says Syria clashes are setback for peace with Turkey
A spokesman for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said Tuesday that recent clashes between Syria’s military and Kurdish forces are a setback for...
Kosovo bank reportedly freezes accounts of alleged followers of Gülen movement
As a new stage of persecution of Turkish nationals affiliated with the Gülen movement in line with the oppression of Turkish government led by...
Rule of Law(lessness) in Erdoğan’s Turkey: Violation of the principle of legality and no...
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2 Turkish journalists detained in espionage probe
Ismail Dükel, the Ankara representative of the TELE 1 TV channel, and Müyesser Yıldız, the Ankara news director of the ultranationalist OdaTV news website,...
Turkey detained 14 journalists, arrested one in January: report
Turkish authorities detained 14 journalists and arrested one in January, according to a monthly report released Tuesday by the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association.
The report...
Imprisoned Turkish hunger-striking educator refuses to make defense in hospital
The imprisoned educator Nuriye Gülmen, who has been on hunger strike for 224 days, has reportedly refused to make her defense in hospital, where...
Germany seizes accounts of spyware firm accused of selling products to authoritarian countries including...
German authorities have seized the accounts of spyware company FinFischer amid an investigation into whether it broke export laws by selling its products to...
Leyla İmret, a dismissed pro-Kurdish mayor in Turkey, gives speech at CoE
A former mayor of Turkey’s Cizre district in the southeastern province of Şırnak who is being sought on an arrest warrant for alleged terror...
Turkey blocks X account of pro-Kurdish party leader
A Turkish court has blocked the X account of lawmaker Keskin Bayındır, co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), the İlke TV news...
PURGE IN LAST 15 DAYS: 1257 detained, 264 jailed in Turkey over coup charges
A massive post-coup witch hunt campaign conducted by political Islamist AKP government to cleanse of Turkey’s state and other institutions has been continuing as...
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