Jailed former leader Demirtaş criticizes HDP for being stuck in ‘vacation mode’
The former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair, jailed politician Selahattin Demirtaş, criticized his party for staying in “vacation mode” after elections on June...
Turkish gov’t detains 11 military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government on Friday detained 11 military officers who were dismissed by government decree under a now-ended state of emergency as part of...
Turkey’s Erdoğan: If they have their dollars, we have our God
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday tried to calm the Turkish people over the historic loss in value of the Turkish lira against...
Jailed Zaman columnist Türköne seen with daughter in first photo from Turkish prison
Sıla Türköne, the daughter of jailed Turkish columnist and political scientist Mümtaz'er Türköne, has said her father will celebrate yet a third birthday in...
Turkish pro-gov’t columnist Dilipak appears to threaten US about new 9/11
“If the internal stress in the US goes on like this, the possibility of another 9/11 is not all that remote,” Turkish columnist Abdurrahman...
Mistreatment in police custody leaves dismissed Turkish academic Gülmen with injured leg
Nuriye Gülmen, an academic who had been dismissed from her job last year by a Turkish government decree, has said her leg was injured...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 12 teachers over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government issued detention warrants for 12 teachers on Thursday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the...
9 die as migrant boat sinks off Turkey’s Aegean coast
Nine people including children died as a boat carrying irregular migrants sank off the coast of Turkey's Aydın province, local officials said on Thursday.
The...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s abuse of Interpol exposed
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The blatant abuse of Interpol mechanisms in a staggeringly high number of cases by the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in...
Jailed Turkish journalist Bayram Kaya: Being a prisoner is like a small death
Turkish journalist Bayram Kaya, who was sentenced to six years, three months on charges of membership in a terrorist organization, says “hope” and “longing”...
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