Widow of DBP official says she witnessed husband’s murder in Turkish hospital
Emine Şenyaşar, who lost a husband, an official of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP), and two sons on June 14 in the Suruç district...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 251 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 1,422 social media accounts and taken legal action against 251 users over the last week (June 11-June 18) on...
Turkish gov’t detains 119 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government has detained a total of 119 people over the past week (June 11-June 18) as part of its massive post-coup witch...
5-year-old Turkish asylum seeker in Athens diagnosed with cancer
A 5-year-old boy from İstanbul who along with his mother fled the Turkish government’s post-coup witch hunt to Greece has been diagnosed with leukemia...
12 people detained while trying to flee from Turkey’s post-coup crackdown to Greece
Twelve people were stopped by gendarmes and detained in Edirne province over the weekend while they were reportedly on their way to Greece, Turkish media reported...
HDP candidate Demirtaş says in TRT speech that Erdoğan’s ‘regime of fear’ yet to...
Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party’s (HDP), appeared on national TV for the first time on Sunday since...
Convicted mafia godfather calls on Turkish people to support AKP-MHP alliance
A convicted mafia leader in Turkey has made an announcement from his prison cell calling on people to support the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan gov’t turns to rape as a political weapon in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
As part of an escalating crackdown on the right to dissent, on criticism and on opposition voices in Turkey in recent years,...
Jailed Turkish police chief Ülker dies on Fathers’ Day due to belated cancer treatment
İsmail Ülker, a 42-year-old former police chief who has been imprisoned for 23 months over alleged links to the Gülen movement as part of...
Turkish ruling party candidate threatens people who do not vote for AKP
A parliamentary candidate for Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been recorded issuing a threat to people who do not vote for...
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