Arrest of pro-Kurdish politicians part of Turkish government policy to criminalize opposition: Human Rights...
The arrest of 17 politicians from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is part of the Turkish government’s policy of criminalizing political opposition, Human...
Pregnant woman and husband detained, forced to leave 3 children behind
Zeynep Doğan (33), who is seven months pregnant, and her husband Ahmet Doğan (39) were detained on Friday and were forced to leave their...
Turkish Embassy in Bulgaria spied on critics, journalists:report
The Turkish Embassy in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia has engaged in a large-scale spying campaign on educators, journalists and critics of Turkish President...
Yet another Kurdish mayor removed from office, 17 pro-Kurdish lawmakers arrested
Mayor of the eastern city of Kars Ayhan Bilgen was removed from office by the Ministry of Interior, and 17 politicians from the pro-Kurdish...
WHO requests explanation from Turkey after minister admits to hiding true COVID-19 statistics
Following an admission by Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca that the government does not add the number of people infected with the coronavirus who...
Armenian-Turkish lawmaker targeted in newspaper ads for anti-war stance
Armenian-Turkish lawmaker Garo Paylan was targeted in newspaper ads published by the nationalist Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies (ASAM) think tank on Friday for...
Cancer patient in pre-trial detention contracts COVID-19
Erdoğan Erduran (52), a former teacher suffering from prostate cancer, has contracted COVID-19 in a prison in the southern city of Antalya where he...
Turkish intelligence agency MIT’s secret rendition flight and black torture site exposed: report
Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency (Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı, or MİT) operated a secret rendition flight and initiated a torture session on the spy plane when...
HRW on Kurdish villagers thrown from helicopter: Authorities may already be engaged in a...
In a statement on the case of two Kurdish villagers allegedly thrown from a military helicopter in Turkey’s eastern province of Van, Human Rights...
Pro-Kurdish co-mayor detained after colleague announces resignation: report
The chief public prosecutor’s office of the eastern city of Kars has ordered the detention of 19 politicians from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party...
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