Turkish gov’t closes 116 media outlets under state of emergency
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Çavuşoğlu announced that a total of 116 media outlets have been closed by government decrees under an ongoing state...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 93 more educators over alleged Gülen links
The Turkish government issued detention warrants on Thursday for 93 educators as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 91 air force officers over alleged Gülen links
The İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday issued detention warrants for 91 air force officers of varying ranks and five people allegedly linked...
Kurdish-speaking Turkish soldier severely beaten by comrades, hospitalised
A soldier was beaten unconscious and put in a coma by two other soldiers he was serving alongside after a campaign of bullying for...
Prosecutor quits job to enter politics, slamming Nazi-esque Turkish judiciary
Bülent Yücetürk, an Ankara prosecutor who has worked on some of Turkey's high-profile political cases, has resigned from a judiciary that he has criticised...
Turkish teacher, diagnosed with cancer after dismissal over alleged Gülen links, dies
An Adana-based teacher who was removed from her job as part of the Turkish government’s post-coup crackdown targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement...
Turkish gov’t detains İstanbul lawyer over her social media posts
Lawyer Sibel Sevinç Deveci has been detained due to social media posts deemed to be propaganda on behalf of the faith-based Gülen movement.
Deveci was...
Opposition report reveals gross human rights violations in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons
A report drafted by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) reveals that the prison population in Turkey has increased by 285 percent during...
CHP presidential candidate İnce visits rival Demirtaş in Turkish prison
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce on Wednesday visited pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and presidential candidate Selahattin...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 2 ministries’ 18 former staff over alleged Gülen links
The Turkish government on Wednesday issued detention warrants for 18 former public servants who worked for two state ministries as part of its massive...
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