14 former officers detained over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigation’
Turkish police detained 14 former military officers in raids carried out in Ankara for alleged links to the Gülen movement, the TR724 news website...
Father of missing Yusuf Bilge Tunç says reappearance of former bureaucrat gives him hope
The father of Yusuf Bilge Tunç, who went missing 25 months ago and is feared to have been abducted by Turkish intelligence, said the...
7,071 women murdered by men in Turkey during 19-year-long AKP rule: report
A report released by an opposition lawmaker on the occasion of International Women’s Day shows an upward trend in cases of domestic violence in...
Turkey detains 2 journalists in morning raids
Turkish police detained journalists Kibriye Evren and Selamet Turan during Friday morning raids on their houses, Turkish media reported.
Evren was detained at her İstanbul...
Prosecutor demands sentences for journalists in retrial due to Gülen links
A public prosecutor in the retrial of seven journalists has demanded prison sentences for them on terrorism-related charges due to their alleged links to...
115 face detention over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigations’
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 115 people from a variety of professions due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement based...
Opposition deputy criticizes lengthy detention of pregnant woman
The lengthy detention of a pregnant woman who has been in custody for five days on terrorism-related charges is in violation of her rights...
Political prisoner in Turkey locked up in a cell with ISIS suicide bomber for...
Turkish police deliberately put a political prisoner in a cell with a suspected Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) suicide bomber as part...
Workers prohibited from speaking in Kurdish at İstanbul construction site
A construction company in İstanbul has sent a letter to one of its subcontracting firms saying that no language other than Turkish should be...
IPU urges Turkey to end continued arbitrary detention of former opposition MP
The Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), a global organization of national parliaments, has said in a recent decision regarding the case of...
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