Turkish gov’t detains dozens, convicts 59 academicians over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has continued to detain dozens of people and convicted 84 people, including 59 academics, across Turkey on Friday as part of its...
Turkish gov’t threatens to evict elderly woman from home she’s leaving to charity
The Turkish Directorate General of Foundations has requested that Ayşe Özer, 80, either pay five years of accumulated rent or vacate her home, which...
Turkish gov’t jails teacher Semra Çakır and her 2-year-old daughter to blackmail husband
The latest victim of the Turkish government's tactic of guilt by association with the purpose of blackmail is Semra Çakır, a 41-year-old teacher, and...
Woman jailed for husband’s role in corruption operations involving Erdoğan denied medical treatment
Sümeyya Aksoy, 43, the wife of a police chief jailed for her husband’s role in corruption and bribery operations back in 2013 that implicated...
Greece says stops over 1,000 migrants from Turkey
Athens on Monday accused smugglers from Turkey of trying to send more than a thousand migrants to Greek islands before the boats were detected...
Pregnant woman jailed over Gülen links subjected to torture: rights activist
A woman who was five months into her pregnancy when she was arrested due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement was subjected...
Turkey blocks access to alternative website of popular online forum
An Ankara court has blocked access to an alternative website for Ekşi Sözlük, one of the country’s most popular social media websites, which had...
Turkish parliament fines opposition deputy for speech on strip-searches in prisons
Human rights defender and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu was fined by the Turkish parliament for a speech on strip-search cases...
Ankara police assault group protesting in solidarity with hunger strike academics, detain over 20
Newly emerged video footage shows the moment Turkish police, who detained at least 20 protestors on Friday night, used excessive force against a group...
Turkish President Erdoğan compares Diyanet’s 140,000 imams and staff to an army
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan compared the staff and imams of Turkey’s religious body, the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), to "an army of...
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