Leader of right-wing party warns Turkish citizens of ‘Syrian threat’ in anti-migrant social media...
Ümit Özdağ, leader of the newly established far-right Victory Party (ZP), warned Turkish citizens of a "Syrian threat" in a video shared on Twitter...
Opposition mayors’ phones are being illegally wiretapped, CHP leader claims
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has claimed that phones of mayors from his party are being illegally wiretapped by...
1 employee injured in attack at pro-Kurdish party building in İstanbul
An assailant carrying a gun and a knife attacked staff at a pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) building in İstanbul’s Bahçelievler district on Tuesday,...
Photographs of former judge who died in prison cell shed light on poor conditions
Photos of former judge Teoman Gökçe, 49, who died of a heart attack in a solitary prison cell on April 2, 2018, have been...
Minister says LGBT foundations unable to damage family values despite foreign funding
Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, known for his anti-LGBT statements, has said LGBT foundations in the country are receiving a significant amount of foreign...
Civil society organizations demand immediate release of critically ill prisoners
Civil society organizations in Turkey's southeastern Diyarbakır province on Monday demanded the immediate release of critically ill people in prison, the Bianet news website...
Politician faces probe for tweeting photo of last person executed in Turkey
An investigation has been launched into an opposition party official for tweeting a photo of Hıdır Aslan, the last person executed in Turkey, on...
Inmate in Turkish prison attempts suicide twice due to mistreatment
Veysel Işık, 30, an inmate in Burhaniye Prison in Turkey's northwestern Balıkesir province, has attempted suicide twice since a nervous breakdown that was allegedly...
Anti-refugee mayor files complaints against some 2,000 people over social media posts
A mayor in northwestern Turkey known for his anti-migrant statements and actions has filed official complaints against some 2,000 people on insult charges, Turkish...
Woman dies of cancer without being able to see husband imprisoned on Gülen links
A woman whose husband was imprisoned on conviction of alleged links to the Gülen movement succumbed to cancer on Monday without being able to...
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