Turkish police detains two more people for wearing ‘HERO’ T-shirts
Turkish police on Wednesday detained two people wearing a T-shirt bearing the word “hero” in Eskişehir province one day after two university students were...
Critically ill inmate denied release despite serving full sentence
Atilla Coşkun, 35, a critically ill inmate convicted of terrorism, has not been released from prison due to disciplinary penalties although he had served...
Turksih police tortured purge victim in forest after detaining him in raid
Police officers from Zonguldak Police Department detained A.T. in a raid to his house in last August over links to faith-based Gülen movement and...
Diyarbakır Co-mayor Anlı faces arrest shortly after his release from jail
An arrest warrant has been issued for Diyarbakır Co-mayor Fırat Anlı, who was released from jail last week, after being arrested on terror charges...
Row over controversial referendum escalates: HDP applies to YSK for cancellation, CHP says may...
Following the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has also applied to Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK), demanding...
Turkish opposition İYİ Party’s Akşener calls for Demirtaş’s release
İYİ Party presidential candidate Meral Akşener on Tuesday called for the release from prison of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) former leader Selahattin Demirtaş, during...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people over their alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained dozens of people on Tuesday across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the...
Turkish gov’t launches probe into German prosecutor over financial support to family of a...
The Turkish government has launched an investigation into a German prosecutor and financial support given by the European Association of Judges (EAJ) to the family...
Erdoğan’s ultranationalist ally Destici: Turkey will execute Öcalan if death penalty reinstated
Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), will be executed if Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signs off on...
Turkish court jails pro-Kurdish Dihaber reporter on ‘terror’ charges
Gökhan Öner, a reporter for the now-closed pro-Kurdish news agency Dihaber, has been put by a Turkish court in pretrial detention on terror charges.
Öner...
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