HDP sends a letter to int’l press bodies on media embargo applied to the...
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Deputy Co-Chair Saruhan Oluç has written a letter to the national and international media organizations regarding the grave media...
Iran sanctions-busting Turkish-Iranian gold trader Zarrab seen in New York sushi restaurant
Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian millionaire gold trader who turned witness in the New York trial of a Turkish banker charged with evading US sanctions on...
Ex-British soldier detained in Turkey for pro-YPG Facebook posts
Joe Robinson, a former British soldier who fought against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) with the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection...
Turkey’s main opposition leader says prime suspect in July 15 case worked for Turkish...
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said Adil Öksüz, the prime civilian suspect in a controversial coup attempt in...
Turkey’s main opposition CHP visits pro-Kurdish HDP’s ‘Justice Watch’
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Wednesday attended a “Justice Watch” launched by pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) as part of a...
5 arrested in Turkey over alleged Gülen links
A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the arrest of five people in Edirne province over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run...
İstanbul governor bans march aimed at calling attention to suppression of Kurdish language
The İstanbul Governor’s Office has banned a march aimed at drawing attention to the suppression of the Kurdish language and Kurds’ longstanding demand for...
Trial of 221 suspects including generals accused of coup plotting begins in Turkey
A total of 221 suspects, including over two dozen former Turkish generals, accused of being among the ringleaders of an attempted coup on July...
Turkish minister accuses Roblox of ‘digital fascism’ amid crackdown on internet
Turkish Education Minister Yusuf Tekin has accused the online gaming platform Roblox of “digital fascism” as his government blocked the game for a third...
US urges Turkey’s Afrin operation to remain limited in scope
The US urged Turkish government to exercise restraint and ensure that its military operations remain limited in scope and duration, however, said it was...
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