Turkish gov’t detains at least 45 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained at least 45 people across Turkey on Wednesday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
Report: Turkish gov’t orders gang to assassinate alleged members of Gülen movement in Denmark
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ordered a criminal gang in Denmark to assassinate alleged members of the Gülen movement, according...
Report reveals 319 children have died in workplace accidents in Turkey since 2013
At least 319 children have died in workplace accidents since 2013 in Turkey, where over 2 million children are part of the labor force,...
Wife of Turkish main opposition candidate visits jailed pro-Kurdish rival Demirtaş’s wife
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce’s wife, Ülkü İnce, on Monday evening visited Başak Demirtaş, the wife of jailed...
Turkish gov’t detains 9 active duty military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government on Tuesday detained nine military officers on active duty in 11 provinces across Turkey in a Zonguldak-based investigation as part of...
Jailed Turkish columnist Mehmet Altan’s lawyers launch petition campaign
Lawyers representing Mehmet Altan, a prominent Turkish academic and journalist who has been held in a Turkish jail for more than 22 months over...
ARTICLE 19, IPI and RSF: Zaman columnists, journalists must be acquitted in political trial
International organisations for press freedom ARTICLE 19, the International Press Institute (IPI) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have repeated their call for all defendants...
Austrian Chancellor Kurz receives death threats after targeted by Turkey’s Erdoğan
Austrian security forces have gone on full alert after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan personally targeted Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who ordered the closing...
Report: HDP targeted by 57 attacks, 208 members detained, 16 jailed ahead of polls...
Two hundred eight members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) have been detained, 16 HDP members have been jailed and various party offices...
CHP’s İnce asks if Turkish intelligence agency is tasked with following the opposition
Muharrem İnce, the presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), asked on Tuesday if it is the task of the intelligence agency...
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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