Gülen’s 63-year-old disabled cousin put into solitary confinement by Turkish authorities
Kazım Avcı, a 63-year-old disabled cousin of US-based Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen has reportedly been put into solitary confinement in Ankara's Sincan F1...
An İstanbul court decides to release 21 jailed journalists
An İstanbul court, on Friday, has decided to release 21 out of 29 journalists who have been standing trial for last 5 days over...
Turkey signed secret agreements to abduct dissidents from foreign countries: UN letter
The Turkish government signed bilateral security cooperation agreements with multiple states that were phrased ambiguously to allow for the expulsion or abduction of Turkish...
12 people detained while trying to flee from Turkey’s post-coup crackdown to Greece
Twelve people were stopped by gendarmes and detained in Edirne province over the weekend while they were reportedly on their way to Greece, Turkish media reported...
Properties of 4 Turkish media outlets seized from gov’t critic up for sale
Properties belonging to four of the media outlets that the Turkish government seized under post-coup emergency rule have been put up for sale by...
Jailed journalist Usluer given forced haircut in Turkish prison
Wardens at İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison reportedly forced Oğuz Usluer, a former news coordinator at HaberTürk TV, who has been behind bars since Dec....
625 detained, 42 arrested in anti-Gülen operations in one week
A total of 625 people were detained, with 42 of them put under arrest, in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past...
86 police officers, court staff detained over Gülen links
Eighty-six police officers and courthouse staff members were detained across several Turkish provinces on Friday due to alleged use of a smart phone application...
HDP lawmaker belatedly receives prestigious human rights award
Human rights defender and lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has received the 19th Ayşe Nur Zarakolu Freedom of...
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Yıldırım to be stripped of parliamentary status for insulting Erdoğan
Ahmet Yıldırım, deputy from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP), will be stripped of his parliamentary status after his conviction on charges of insulting...
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