Far-right party leader’s top aide criticizes famous Turkish comedian for comments on Kavala, Demirtaş

Famous Turkish comedian and actor Cem Yılmaz was lambasted by a top aide to Devlet Bahçeli, chairman of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP),...

80-year-old Kurdish man dies of heart attack during trial

İbrahim Akbaba, an 80-year-old Kurdish man, died of a heart attack on Saturday in Edirne F Type Prison. Akbaba, a Kurdish citizen who was accused...

Journalist covering environmental issues fights for his life after attack in Istanbul

Turkish journalist and environmental activist Hakan Tosun is in intensive care after being brutally assaulted in İstanbul, in what his family and colleagues suspect...

Turkish police allegedly strip naked, beat detainee accused of gun trafficking

Police in southern Turkey have allegedly stripped naked, hosed down and beat up a 20-year-old detainee suspected of trafficking unregistered firearms, the Evrensel newspaper...

Former teacher imprisoned on Gülen charges dies of cancer after belated release from prison

İhsan Yıldız, 42, a former teacher imprisoned over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, died on October 29 of cancer after he was...

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...

Turkish draft law risks criminalizing LGBTI people, Amnesty warns

Amnesty International on Thursday called on the Turkish government to withdraw a draft law that would introduce prison sentences for LGBTI people and their...

Director of film about Turkey’s purge victims receives award for defying gov’t censorship

Nejla Demirci, the director of a documentary that sheds light on the challenges faced by victims of Turkey’s post-coup purge, has been honored with...

Journalist sentenced on terrorism charges for membership in women’s organization

A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of three years, seven months and 22 days to journalist Nurcan Yalçın on terrorism charges...

Turkish court rules to keep journalist Baransu in prison

A Turkish court on Monday ruled for a continuation of the imprisonment of journalist Mehmet Baransu, a former correspondent for the now-defunct Taraf newspaper,...
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