Turkey’s OHAL Commission reinstates only 2,700 people out of 125,000 appeals
Turkey's State of Emergency Procedures Investigation Commission (OHAL Commission), which was established by the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to investigate...
Turkish journalist jailed over allegedly administering LGBTQ+ group’s Instagram account takes case to top...
Lawyers for Turkish journalist Tuğba Tekerek have petitioned Turkey's Constitutional Court for her release from pretrial detention, saying prosecutors have not disclosed evidence supporting...
Candidate for German chancellor Schulz says will not be blackmailed by Erdoğan
Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader and candidate for German chancellor Martin Schulz on Saturday strongly criticized Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over human...
German citizen arrested in Turkey for spreading terrorist propaganda on social media
A German citizen identified as Dennis E. has been arrested in Turkey on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda on social media, the Demirören news...
Teacher dismissed and detained by Turkish gov’t dies following a heart attack
Hüsamettin Özaydın, a father of four and an English language teacher who was removed from his job at a Siirt school, has reportedly passed...
Union members describe strip-search abuse in Turkish prison
Several union members arrested in Turkey’s Aydın province say they were subjected to humiliating strip-searches in prison, the Artı Gerçek news website reported on...
Pro-Erdoğan gang leader threatens opponents over referendum
A pro-Erdogan Turkish gang leader, Sedat Peker, has declared his support for the transition to an executive presidency in Turkey while threatening those who...
COMMENTARY — Europe braces itself for Erdoğan’s new push for the Turkish diaspora
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Ahead of both president and parliamentary elections on June 24, 2018, Turkey’s Islamist rulers led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and their...
Turkey released Kazakh ISIL suspect wanted by INTERPOL for lack of evidence
Turkish authorities have released pending trial a Kazakh national wanted by INTERPOL on suspicion of membership in the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...
Turkish court adjourns trial of 26 opposition party officials amid rising political tensions
A Turkish court has adjourned the trial of 26 officials from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), including the party’s İstanbul chair, Özgür...
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