CHP report on state of emergency tallies massive purge
A report by main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on the impact of state of emergency issued in the aftermath of the coup attempt...
Turkey orders detention of 68 people over Gülen links: report
Turkish prosecutors on Friday ordered the detention of 68 people as part of a large-scale crackdown targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused...
Turkish family faced abuse, violence and lies during forcible removal from Pakistan
A Turkish family of four that were unlawfully abducted in Pakistan and later turned over to Turkish security services in defiance of the UN...
Once declaring it a menace, Erdoğan starts campaigning on Twitter
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has launched a campaign for a referendum on constitutional amendments likely to take place on April 16 on Twitter, which...
New report details role of Erdoğan’s troll army in Turkey’s democratic backsliding
A report by a newly established Washington, D.C., think tank revealed how Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) established and used an army...
Turkey detains 4 lawyers on ‘trumped-up charges,’ says jurists association
Turkish authorities have detained four lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD), the T24 news website reported.
The ÇHD announced that members Betül Vangölü Kozağaçlı,...
Former AKP mayor of Kurdish city arrested on bribery charges
A former mayor from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) who replaced a democratically elected district mayor in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeast in...
Erdoğan says Europe’s masquerade ball is over
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Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that Europe’s “masquerade ball’ is over as several European countries are now openly in field...
Şenyaşar family calls on new justice minister for fair and effective legal procedure in...
Members of the Şenyaşar family, who have been demanding justice for three of their relatives murdered by people connected to a lawmaker from the...
Turkish Interior Minister Soylu’s mobile phones wiretapped by police officers under his command
Mobile phones used by Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu have been illegally wiretapped by police officers who normally act on his orders, according to...
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