Turkish teacher jailed over alleged Gülen links recounts losing wife and son while fleeing...
A former Turkish teacher imprisoned over alleged links to the Gülen movement has spoken publicly for the first time about losing his wife and...
Dutch security body concerned about Erdoğan’s role in rise of extremism in Netherlands
A secret report on Dutch national security that was leaked on Monday has revealed concerns among the authorities about the influence of what it...
Jailed writers denied access to own books under Turkey’s emergency rule
Jailed writers Kerem Bilen and Fırat Can were denied by Turkish authorities to access to the books they wrote in prison due to post-coup emergency...
Deputy mayor from Erdoğan’s party says opposition politicians need to be hanged
Navi Çokan, a deputy district mayor in southeastern Turkey, said in a Facebook post that the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is damned...
11 lawyers face prison for criticizing top imam over LGBT statement
The head of the Ankara Bar Association and 10 members of the association’s executive board face up to two years in prison due to...
Job candidate dies by suicide after controversial interview rejection despite top score
Doğuş Can Kavaklı, a 22-year-old who jumped to his death from the sixth floor of his dormitory in Samsun on October 2, had reportedly...
Turkey’s ruling AKP’s spokesperson announces Saturday Mothers vigils prohibited in İstanbul
A group of mothers and other family members of people forcibly disappeared in Turkey since the 1980 coup have been banned from holding their...
Report reveals more than 30,000 minors convicted in Turkey in 2022
A recent report by Gülizar Biçer Karaca from the Republican People’s Party (CHP) has revealed that criminal activity among minors in Turkey is concerningly...
To create space for post-coup detainees, Turkish gov’t transfers convicts sentenced to 10 years...
Turkey has revised its regulation to transfers the convicts with ‘lighter’ jail sentences to open prisons in order to make room for post-coup detainees.
According...
Turkey ordered detention of 89 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 89 people including teachers, lawyers, active duty and dismissed military officers and former...
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