Academic faces criminal complaint due to Ph.D. thesis on authoritarianism in Turkey
A criminal complaint has been filed against a Turkish academic over the content of his Ph.D. thesis on the subject of rising authoritarianism in...
Members of the US Congress urge release of political prisoners in Turkey
In a letter addressed to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, members of the US Congress urged the US government to engage with the...
Turkish nurse detained over online hair-braiding protest linked to Kurdish women in Syria
Turkish police have detained a nurse in the northwestern province of Kocaeli after she took part in an online hair-braiding protest campaign in solidarity with Kurdish...
Turkey confiscated or froze $32 billion in assets belonging to gov’t critics
Turkish authorities have confiscated or frozen $32 billion worth of assets, according to the Brussels-based human rights group Platform for Peace and Justice (PPJ)...
Turkish police detain 2 young women over hair-braiding posts supporting Kurdish women in Syria
Turkish police on Tuesday detained two women aged 17 and 20 in eastern Turkey after they posted videos of themselves braiding their hair in...
Afghans collect 1 million signatures to prevent seizure of Turkish schools by Erdoğan regime
Afghans have collected 1 million signatures to prevent the transfer of Turkish schools founded by businessmen and operated by educators allegedly affiliated with the...
Turkish police use excessive force during Nevruz celebrations in Diyarbakir
Turkish police used excessive force during Nevruz celebrations on Monday in southeastern Diyarbakırprovince, the TR724 news website reported.
Celebrations of the spring festival started early...
Judge says in book people arrested in July 2016 coup probes should be executed
Selami Turabi, a judge who is also a senior official at the Justice Ministry responsible for European Union affairs, has written in his book...
Late columnist’s sentence was reversed after apology to Erdoğan sought in exchange: journalist
A fellow journalist says Turkish columnist Ahmet Turan Alkan was offered a way to avoid returning to prison by publishing an apology to President...
Report: Turkey grants martyrdom to soldier burned to death by ISIL
The Turkish military has acknowledged that Sefter Taş, one of two Turkish soldiers who were allegedly burned to death by Islamic State in Iraq...
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