Third suspicious disappearance: Teacher dismissed in post-coup crackdown not seen for 14 days
Cengiz Usta, a 44-year-old teacher who was dismissed from his post as part of the Turkish government’s post-coup purge of state-institutions, has been missing since...
Car used by abducted Turkish man found with a punctured tyre in Ankara
The car used by Ümit Horzum, who was kidnapped in Turkey's capital of Ankara on December 6, 2017, was found with a punctured tyre...
Journalist not released despite witness claims to have signed testimonies under torture
A Hakkari court on Wednesday declined to release journalist Nedim Türfent although 12 of 13 witnesses retracted their written testimonies and said they were...
3,126 years in prison, 18 life sentences sought for 55 HDP deputies
Turkish authorities are seeking a prison sentence of up to 3,126 years in total and 18 life sentences for 55 deputies of the pro-Kurdish...
French magazine reveals widespread corruption in Turkey’s DİTİB in France
French weekly magazine Le Point has discovered through documents it obtained that there is extensive corruption in the French branch of the Turkish-Islamic Union...
AKP municipality rejects leased cars with plates bearing Gülen’s initials
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)-run Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality has rejected a leasing company’s proposal to lease cars to be used for municipal...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 306 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 624 social media accounts and taken legal action against 306 users over the last week (June 4-June 11), the...
Under suffocating climate created by Turkish gov’t Ankara University Human Rights Center closed
Turkish law professor, human rights and free speech activist Kerem Altıparmak has declared that Human Rights Center at Faculty of Political Sciences (SBF) of...
Mukhtar protesting palace meetings arrested for insulting statesmen
Hatice Bender, the mukhtar (a.k.a neighborhood head) of Kamer Hatun neighborhood in Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, who did not participate in meetings held for...
Independence of Turkey’s forensics council called into question as 3 more die in prison
Doubts have grown over the independence and credibility of Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK), an institution affiliated with the Ministry of Justice, as...
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