Turkish journalist Erdoğdu appeals for help as new abduction list appears in Ukrainian media
Yunus Erdoğdu, a Kiev-based Turkish journalist, has called for help as a list of 10 people including him was published in the Ukrainian media...
Crackdown on education sector in Turkey victimized nearly 100,000 teachers and academics
The crackdown on critical thinking in Turkey with an unprecedented witch hunt targeting teachers, academics and other professionals in the education sector has dealt...
Jailed Kurdish journalist Doğan says Turkish prison guards destroyed her paintings
Zehra Doğan, a Kurdish journalist and artist who has been in prison for over a year, has said paintings she made in prison have...
‘Saturday Mothers’ gather for 695th time in İstanbul to demand justice for disappeared children
The "Saturday Mothers" gathered in Galatasaray Square in İstanbul for the 695th time over the weekend, demanding to know the fate of people who...
Yet another mysterious abduction by a black van in Turkey’s capital
Hasan Kala, an academic who was fired from his job at Çankırı Karatekin University by a government decree under a state of emergency declared...
Jailed journalist/novelist Ahmet Altan seen with daughter in first photo from Turkish prison
A photo of Ahmet Altan, a prominent Turkish novelist and newspaper editor who was sentenced by a Turkish court to aggravated life on February 16,...
Turkish police detain 10 people during demonstrations marking terror attack
Turkish police on Friday detained 10 people who were attempting to make statements to the press at demonstrations in Ankara and İstanbul marking the third...
Turkish court jails Islamist woman who insulted Atatürk at mausoleum
A Turkish court on Sunday jails Safiye İnci, an Islamist woman who was detained by police after she filmed herself insulting Turkey’s founding father,...
Turkish gov’t lists 126,000 social media accounts as linked to alleged ‘terror organisations’
The Turkish government has listed about 126,000 social media accounts in Turkey as linked to alleged terrorist organisations since a controversial coup attempt on...
Turkish gov’t detains 15 military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained 15 military officers on Saturday in 12 provinces across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members...
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