130 people detained, arrest warrants issued for 72 academics in anti-Gülen witch hunt in...
A total of 130 individuals were detained in police operations that targeted the alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, as detention warrants were issued...
PEC protests judicial harassment of Turkish journalists in UN Human Rights Council statement
The Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), a nongovernmental organization with special consultative status at the United Nations, presented a statement on press freedom and journalist...
Azeri student deported from Turkey after joining campus protest alleges mistreatment
A graduate student from Azerbaijan who was deported from Turkey after taking part in a campus protest claims she was physically restrained, denied prescribed...
Turkey’s minorities, migrants suffered more than 200 attacks in 2023: report
Kurds, Alevis and migrants suffered at least 208 racist and discriminatory attacks throughout 2023, the Mezopotamya news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a new...
Thousands gather in Diyarbakır for pro-Kurdish HDP’s ‘Conscience, Justice and Democracy’ meeting
Thousands of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) supporters have gathered for “Conscience, Justice and Democracy” meeting in Station Square of Diyarbakır province on...
Newly elected mayor under investigation for insulting Erdoğan
An administrative inquiry for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been launched into the incoming Republican People’s Party (CHP) mayor of İzmir’s Torbalı district...
Kurdish journalist gets suspended sentence on terror charges brought for moderating TV program
A Turkish court on Thursday handed down a suspended sentence to Kurdish journalist Rahime Karvar on conviction of terrorism-related charges, according to the Expression...
Diyarbakır Co-mayor Anlı faces arrest shortly after his release from jail
An arrest warrant has been issued for Diyarbakır Co-mayor Fırat Anlı, who was released from jail last week, after being arrested on terror charges...
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...
11 Turkish doctors get lengthy prison sentences for supporting terrorism
The Ankara 32nd High Criminal Court on Friday handed down lengthy jail sentences to 11 former executive board members of the Turkish Medical Association...
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