Turkey’s top court denies petitions of over 70,000 purge victims
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected the petitions of 70,071 people who were purged from state institutions by means of decrees issued under an ongoing...
Journalist to spend several days in prison due to delay in paperwork
A Kurdish journalist will spend several days in jail until legal paperwork for his 11 month, 20 day prison sentence is completed by officials.
Journalist...
US report highlights Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen movement after coup attempt
A report by the US State Department regarding a series of “significant human rights issues” in Turkey has highlighted the crackdown launched by President...
Psychotherapist tries to get recognition for ‘FETÖ Syndrome’ for widespread Gülenophobia in Turkey
Çağatay Öztürk, a Turkish psychotherapist, has talked to Turkey's Sözcü daily about a spreading psychological complication in the country, which he defined as the...
Report: Turkish man in police custody for 7 days loses mental health
A report by the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) shows that a Turkish man who was kept under police custody for 7 days in...
Turkey’s Erdoğan vows to pursue Gülen movement followers who ‘escaped the sword’
Amid an ongoing witch-hunt targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday said he would not end his campaign...
Turkish appeals court sentences pro-Kurdish HDP deputy to 7 years in prison
A Turkish appeals court has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Burcu Çelik Özkan to prison for alleged terrorism propaganda, according to a...
A new political group established at PACE by Erdoğanist lawmakers
A new group has been formed by parliamentarians with the leadership of lawmakers from Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party...
Interpol helped Harvard educated professor get tortured in Turkish prison
In yet another sign of the abuse of the Interpol system by Turkish government, Harvard-educated Turkish professor was extradited to Turkey to endure torture...
Turkish court bans Periscope over copyright violation
A Turkish court on Tuesday banned all services of Periscope, a live video broadcasting platform owned by Twitter and popularly used by the opposition...
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