Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 48 dismissed police officers over alleged Gülen links
The Turkish government on Friday issued detention warrants for 48 former police inspectors and officers who had previously been dismissed from their jobs as...
Pakistan government deports abducted Kaçmaz Family to Turkey
Turkish teacher Mesut Kaçmaz and his family, who were abducted from their home at a midnight in Lahore on September 27, were reportedly deported...
Turkish baby girl, whose mother was detained right after she was born, now growing...
Ahmet Naim & Bahar Çelebi, Athens
Turkey recognized her in September 2017 with police officers waiting at the door of a delivery room. Her name...
EP’s Harms calls on EU to grant political asylum to Turkey purge victims
Rebecca Harms, spokeswoman for foreign affairs and expert on Turkey in the European Parliament’s Greens/EFA group, on Monday called on the European Union to...
Turkish court releases Zaman journalists Alkan and Karayeğen pending appeal
The İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court ruled on Friday for the release of journalists Ahmet Turan Alkan and İbrahim Karayeğen, a former columnist and night-shift editor of the...
İHD: 2,722 killed in Turkey’s Southeast since end of Kurdish settlement process in July...
A report released by the Human Rights Association (İHD) has revealed that 2,722 people have been killed in violence in Turkey’s Southeast since the...
‘Greek Mothers’ call on Turkish gov’t to release jailed Greek soldiers
A group of Greek women who came together under the name “Greek Mothers” on Monday held a demonstration in front of the Turkish Consulate...
Suspicious deaths and suicides on the rise in Turkey with 54 people in last...
Against the background of massive crackdown on critics and opponents in Turkey and widespread torture practices in detentions and prisons, 54 people were reported...
CHP chairman ordered to pay $20K for allegedly insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has been ordered by a Turkish court to pay TL 95,000 ($19,500)...
Turkey’s top court annuls interior minister’s broad powers over civil society organizations
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has cancelled certain provisions of a 2020 law that granted the authority to the interior minister to suspend board members and...
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