Gun attack targets critical journalist İrfan Değirmenci’s house
An armed attack was staged on the dissident journalist İrfan Degirmenci’s house in İstanbul on early Wednesday. “My house was shot with bullets towards...
Tens of thousands gather in İstanbul’s Maltepe to demand justice
As a “March for Justice” launched by Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on June 15 in Ankara reached İstanbul...
White House denies Trump apologized to Erdoğan for Turkish bodyguard brawl with protesters
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While House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah has denied US President Donald Trump apologized to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 58 over links to Kimse Yok Mu charity
Detention warrants were issued for 58 people by the Diyarbakır Chief Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday on accusations that they were linked to the Kimse...
Turkey’s Erdoğan calls on Jerusalem to be recognised as Palestinian capital
Turkish autocratic Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on the international community on Wednesday to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian state.
“I...
Wives of jailed Turkish police chiefs who led 2013 corruption operations detained
Wives of jailed police chiefs Yakub Saygılı and Kazım Aksoy, who led corruption and bribery operations against the government of Turkish autocratic President Recep...
Turkey is no longer a country governed by the rule of law, says a...
In a new report unveiled today as part of continuing series that focus on human rights violations and arbitrariness in the application of the...
Conflicting statements come from Turkey’s ruling party on immunity given to civilians
Amid growing reactions from opposition and human rights defenders, conflicting statements came from Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) members on calls for...
Turkish gov’t lambastes US expression of ‘serious concern’ over humanitarian crisis in Afrin
Turkey has pushed back at a statement issued by US State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert on Monday expressing “serious concern” over the current situation...
MİT officials, captured by PKK, talk on Erdoğan government’s ties with ISIL
Erhan Pekçetin and Aydın Günel, two high ranking Turkish National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) officials, who were captured by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)...
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