Turkey orders detention of 222 people over Gülen links in one day
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 222 people, including military members, as part of a massive post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the...
Autopsy reveals significant negligence in death of jailed Turkish teacher: opposition deputy
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and human rights activist Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu tweeted on January 14, 2019 that negligence was involved in the death...
16 more military officers, cadets arrested on charges of alleged terrorism
Sixteen military officers and previously expelled military academy cadets who were detained along with 26 others last week as part of an ongoing operation...
One-third of inmates in Ankara prisons affiliated with the Gülen movement
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on January 14, 2019 announced that 11,297 indictments were prepared by the office based on terrorism charges in...
AKP deputy chairman: No violation of human rights in Turkey
Deputy Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Leyla Şahin Usta, who had sued Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights...
Prosecutor seeks imprisonment for online news website owner over Afrin reports
Necla Demir, the owner of online newspaper Gazete Karınca, will be tried on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda in stories published by the news...
Purge victim dies of cancer, leaving behind jailed husband, 2 children
Turkey witnessed another tragic purge victim story this week as 31-year-old teacher Habibe Çınar died of cancer on Thursday after dismissal from her job...
Pro-government mafia leader again threatens exiled journalist, Gülen movement followers
Sedat Peker, a pro-government mafia leader in Turkey, in a street interview aired on TV openly threatened followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in...
Top court’s prosecutor asks for revocation of rulings in prominent journalists’ trial
The chief public prosecutor of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has asked for revocation of the aggravated life sentences handed down to five journalists...
Sweden must do more for jailed Kurdish leader Demirtaş: Swedish lawmaker
A Swedish lawmaker has asked the government to exert more pressure on Turkey in order to secure the release of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin...
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