Turkish court sentences HDP deputy Toğrul to two-and-a-half years for alleged terrorist propaganda
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Mahmut Toğrul to two years, six months’ imprisonment for disseminating terrorist propaganda,...
US offers reward for information leading to whereabouts of 3 senior PKK leaders
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer on Tuesday announced that the US State Department is offering a reward for information leading to...
177 people die in workplace accidents across Turkey in October
One hundred seventy-seven workers in Turkey, two of whom were children and 10 of whom were women, lost their lives in workplace accidents in...
Vice chair of Turkish Court of Accounts in charge of audits dismissed after report...
Fikret Çöker, vice chairman of the Court of Accounts (Sayıştay) who has documented and reported irregularities in state institutions, has been dismissed from his...
Dutch intelligence report: ISIL using Turkey as base to reorganize and threaten Europe
The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) has reported that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has been using Turkey as a...
HDP reports over 7,000 academics dismissed from Turkish universities since July 2016
More than 7,000 academics and staff have been sacked from Turkish universities since a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016, and 70,000 students...
Turkish gov’t detains 72 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained 72 people across on Tuesday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement.
In...
CoE to meet with Turkey’s state of emergency investigation commission this month
Officials from the Council of Europe (CoE) will meet with members of Turkey’s State of Emergency Procedures Investigation Commission (OHAL Commission), established following a controversial coup...
Elderly woman jailed by Turkish gov’t sends letter to imprisoned Kurdish politician Demirtaş
Sisê Bingöl, an elderly and ailing woman who is in prison on terrorism charges, has sent a letter to Selahattin Demirtaş, a Kurdish politician...
Turkish gov’t takes sweeping measures against academia
The Turkish government is continuing to take sweeping and targeted measures against the country’s higher education sector with at least 990 scholars, staff, and...
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