Men identifying themselves as police attempt to abduct Yüksel Street protestor
A former public servant previously dismissed from her job with an executive decree said a group of men identifying themselves as police tried to...
8 Turkish citizens seek political asylum in Greece: report
Eight Turkish citizens who fled their homeland in a small sailboat have sought political asylum in Greece, Greek media reported.
The boat was traveling to...
Police detain Boğaziçi University students protesting appointment of another pro-gov’t rector
İstanbul police detained eight university students on Monday for protesting the appointment of Naci İnci as the new rector of Boğaziçi University in a...
17 women’s rights activists face prison for insulting Erdoğan
A Turkish court has accepted an indictment that seeks prison sentences for 17 women’s rights activists on charges that include insulting President Recep Tayyip...
Turkey’s top appeals court rules retweeting ‘insulting post’ constitutes a crime
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals on Monday decided that retweeting a social media post which had insulted a public officer constituted a crime, the...
83-year-old prominent Turkish actor faces 5 years’ imprisonment on Erdoğan insult charges
The İstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office submitted an indictment requesting between one year, two months and four years, eight months’ imprisonment for prominent Turkish actor...
Inmate suffering from stage four cancer in Kandıra Prison unable to see doctor for...
An inmate with stage four cancer cannot access proper healthcare and has not been taken to a hospital for the past eight months, according...
Jailed former co-chair of pro-Kurdish HDP escorted to father’s funeral by gendarmes
Former co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Figen Yüksekdağ, who has been in prison since November 2016 on terrorism-related charges, was escorted to...
AKP lawmaker insults police officers in video posted by opposition MP
A lawmaker from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) insulted two police officers who stopped her car after receiving a complaint, calling them...
54.4 pct of Turks are against opening borders to Afghan refugees
A total of 54.4 percent of Turks are against opening borders to Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban and think a possible open-door policy would...
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