Turkey’s Boğaziçi University dismisses its first academic, bringing total to 7,317
Noémi Levy-Aksu, an assistant professor of history at Turkey’s prestigious Boğaziçi University, has been dismissed from her position, the GazeteDuvar.com news website reported on...
Venice Commission to Turkish gov’t: Reinstate mayors of Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van
Legal experts from the Council of Europe’s (CoE) Venice Commission have called on the Turkish government to repeal decisions that have undermined democratic self-government...
‘Gen. Akar said acted early, disgraced,’ says Turkish coup pilot
Former Col. Uğur Kapan, who flew Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli from Akıncı Air Base to Çankaya...
5 int’l rights groups call on CoE to urge Turkey to release Demirtaş
Five human rights groups have called on the Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of Ministers to urge Turkey to release Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş...
Daughters of jailed Turkish police chief voice concerns about father’s safety in video message
Two daughters of Yurt Atayün, a former police chief who was incarcerated in the summer of 2014 for taking part in a corruption investigation,...
Turkey’s ruling AKP, its ally MHP reject proposals of probe into Suruç killings, Çorlu...
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have rejected proposals from opposition parties for a parliamentary...
Int’l human rights organizations urge Turkey to reverse extension of emergency rule
A letter written on Friday to Frederica Mogherini, EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, and Donald Tusk, president of the European...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 25 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government on Wednesday issued detention warrants for 56 people and detained at least 25 as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt...
Ankara police assault group protesting in solidarity with hunger strike academics, detain over 20
Newly emerged video footage shows the moment Turkish police, who detained at least 20 protestors on Friday night, used excessive force against a group...
Justice delayed is justice denied: Another purge victim reinstated to his job postmortem
Mehmet Nasır Sönmez, a teacher who was fired from his job by a government decree without due process, was reinstated two months after his...
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