German citizen arrested in Turkey for spreading terrorist propaganda on social media
A German citizen identified as Dennis E. has been arrested in Turkey on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda on social media, the Demirören news...
Detention warrants issued for 70 Turkish military personnel over alleged Gülen links
The Konya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday issued detention warrants for 70 former and active duty military members of varying ranks as part...
CHP refers deputy to disciplinary committee over remarks on call to prayer in Turkish
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) executive board has referred deputy Öztürk Yılmaz to its disciplinary committee over remarks on a TV station...
Turkish court gives prison sentence to pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Beştaş over ‘insulting’ gov’t, state
Turkish court has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Beştaş on Friday to 2 years and 3 months in jail for her...
COMMENTARY — What to expect from Turkey’s elections
By Abdullah Bozkurt
In the upcoming June 24 presidential and parliamentary snap elections, I have little hope that the opposition will score a win in...
PURGE IN LAST 15 DAYS: 1257 detained, 264 jailed in Turkey over coup charges
A massive post-coup witch hunt campaign conducted by political Islamist AKP government to cleanse of Turkey’s state and other institutions has been continuing as...
British Premier May to raise human rights violations in Turkey during Erdoğan meeting
British Prime Minister Theresa May was expected to raise human rights issues in talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in London later on...
Turkish court sends journalist Karataş to jail over pro-Kurdish forum gathering
A columnist of Evrensel daily newspaper, Yusuf Karataş was put in pre-trial arrest as part of an investigation into the Democratic People’s Congress (DTK), the largest...
Listening to Kurdish music cited as terror crime in an indictment in Turkey
An indictment, which has been prepared after six months against 9 Kurdish politicians and activists, who were arrested in Van province in May 2017, listed listening...
VIDEO — Turkey’s female police officers vow vengeance: May revenge be everlasting!
A group of police officers was revealed to have taken an oath of vengeance that resembles an infamous march by the Grey Wolves, an...
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