97 detained near Georgian border as thousands try to flee Turkey’s witch hunt

At least 97 people have been detained over the past 4 months while they were attempting to escape from Turkey’s post-coup witch hunt to...

Turkey’s interior minister vows to put all stray dogs in shelters by year-end

Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi has vowed to have all stray dogs in Turkey rounded up and placed in shelters by the end of...

Kurdish inmate barred from attending son’s funeral, taken to wake in handcuffs

Turkish authorities prevented Mehmet Durak Karak from attending his son’s funeral in Şanlıurfa province, allowing him to just attend the wake, in handcuffs, the...

Report: 721 critical Twitter accounts currently banned by Turkish government

At least 721 critical Twitter accounts are currently banned in Turkey, according to a report by US-based BuzzFeed online news outlet. Obtaining data from Twitter...

Turkey’s DİTİB given Big Brother award for spying on Erdoğan critics in Germany

The Cologne-based Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) has been awarded the BigBrotherAward 2017 in the category of politics for its spying activities against the...

Five more detained in Turkey for wearing ‘HERO’ T-shirts on Sunday

Four young men were detained in Adana province on Sunday as part of a witch-hunt targeting people wearing T-shirts bearing the word “hero,” Solhaber...

CCBE urges release, medical treatment of detained Turkish lawyer

Antonín Mokrý, president of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), which represents the bars and law societies of 45 countries...

Turkish President Erdoğan files criminal complaint against CHP head Kılıçdaroğlu

Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan filed a criminal complaint on Wednesday against main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for his...

Turkey’s Alevis worried by their homes in Malatya neighborhood marked red

Fear have been raised in Turkey's Malatya province after the doors of several homes in an Alevi neighborhood were “marked” red in the early...

Riot police enter CHP İstanbul headquarters amid court-backed leadership takeover

Riot police entered the İstanbul provincial headquarters of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Thursday night, Turkish Minute reported. Police assistance was sought...
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