Turkish prosecutor seeks 5 years in jail for pro-Kurdish HDP’s Demirtaş, Önder
An İstanbul prosecutor has sought five years in prison for Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), and...
Pro-Erdoğan group hacks Twitter accounts of EU Commissioner Hahn, former NATO head
The Twitter accounts of European Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn and NATO's former Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen were taken over by Turkish hacker group Ayyıldız over...
Turkish gov’t detains 10,472 people over alleged links to Gülen movement in last four...
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 489 people have been detained in the past week (April 23-April 30) due to alleged links...
Turkish police detain 41 in raid on pro-Kurdish HDP meeting
Police on Saturday raided a public meeting held by Turkey’s opposition pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in İstanbul, detaining 41 members of the party and the...
IFEX kicks off campaign for imprisoned Turkish teacher and baby
A global network promoting free expression, IFEX, launched a signature campaign, calling for the freedom of Turkish teacher Ayşe Çelik, who last week was...
Gülen movement-linked Turkish woman dies in Greece as she waits to join husband in...
Esma Uludağ, a 35-year-old Turkish woman who fled to Greece from the persecution of the Islamist Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Mother of three jailed by Turkish gov’t over links to Gülen movement
Ayşe Elibol, a mother of three, was arrested by a Turkish court in Kırşehir province as part of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch...
Turkey’s ex-President Gül will not challenge Erdoğan in presidential election
Turkey’s former President Abdullah Gül on Saturday said he would not be a candidate in a snap presidential election on June 24, underlining that...
Turkish gov’t detains 63 people over alleged match-making among followers of Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained 63 people in 36 provinces across Turkey on Saturday over suspected match-making activities among alleged followers of the Gülen movement...
Turkish teacher jailed over Gülen links dies in prison due to lack of medication
Halime Gülsu, who was arrested on Feb. 20, 2018 for allegedly helping the faith-based Gülen movement, died on Saturday in prison in Mersin province,...
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