Turkey’s Erdoğan calls Paris protestors ‘terrorists,’ slams int’l media for lack of coverage
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday said there were “terrorist activities” in Paris, referring to protestors who clashed with French police, and accused...
743 children jailed with their mothers in Turkey, rights group reveals
Photo by Ye Jinghan (Unsplash)
There were a total of 743 children jailed along with their mothers in Turkey’s prisons as of Nov. 16, according...
Critical journalist Aksoy arrested again to serve remaining sentence
Critical Turkish journalist Murat Aksoy was sent back to prison on Thursday after a regional appeals court last month upheld a two year, one...
Court rules to keep Turkish-German journalist Demirci in jail
A high criminal court in İstanbul on Tuesday decided for the continuation of the imprisonment of German-Turkish dual citizen and journalist Adil Demirci, in...
61 people sought by Turkish prosecutors over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors on Wednesday issued detention warrants for 61 people as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, the...
Erdoğan says ‘infamous Hungarian Jew’ Soros is behind businessman Kavala
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday said George Soros, a Hungarian-American billionaire investor and philanthropist, was behind jailed Turkish activist and businessman Osman...
Jailed journalist: Even scenic photos are censored in Turkish prisons
Mehmet Güleş, one of hundreds of journalists behind bars in Turkey, complained in a letter about the restriction of rights in prison, saying that...
COMMENTARY – Fundamentals of the alliance between Turkey and the US undermined
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The fundamentals of the security cooperation between Turkey and the United States have been seriously challenged and undermined by the government of...
Erdoğan says Turkey not bound by European court’s ruling to release Demirtaş
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said that Turkey is not bound by verdicts of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) following the...
European court rules Demirtaş’s lengthy pretrial detention unjustified
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday urged Turkey to swiftly process the legal case of the ex-leader of the pro-Kurdish opposition,...
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