Some Turkish books censored after D&R sale to pro-gov’t Turkuaz Group

Some books have been removed from the shelves of Turkey’s largest bookstore chain, D&R, after it was sold last month to the pro-government Turkuvaz...

Turkish police use teargas to disperse İstanbul gays, transgenders following ban

Members of İstanbul’s gay and transgender community (LGBTI) gathered for a rally on Sunday instead of the annual pride march after they said the...

US calls on Turkey to cease human rights abuses, restore democracy

A member of the Delegation of the United States to the UN Human Rights Council in an address during the organization’s 37th session in...

Over 1 million people demand freedom for Turkey’s Amnesty chair as trial resumes

More than one million people from 194 countries have demanded the release of Taner Kılıç, Amnesty International’s Turkey Chair and the dropping of charges...

Turkish gov’t closes 5 more schools over alleged links to Gülen movement

Turkey’s Education Ministry closed down five more private schools as part of an administrative investigation targeting the Gülen movement as part of Turkish government's...

Opposition deputy starts signature campaign to oust migrants

Ümit Özdağ, the leader of a newly established far-right party, on Tuesday started a signature campaign to throw Syrian and Afghan refugees out of...

Turkish police prevent demonstrations by women’s groups, detain dozens of protestors

Dozens of women who gathered in various Turkish provinces on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity and Elimination of Violence against Women,...

Pro-gov’t journalist confesses MİT abducted, illegally questioned Gülen followers

https://youtu.be/AtRHqMN1bFA Abdurrahman Şimşek, Sabah’s special editor for intelligence reporting, admitted on Friday that Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) abducted several people who have links to...

Turkish authorities detain 71 more people over alleged Gülen links: minister

Turkish authorities have detained 71 people in an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Monday. Yerlikaya said on...

Court sentences Kurdish woman to prison based on son’s terrorist links

A Kurdish woman was sentenced to more than six years in prison for alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the Artı...

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