Turkey’s Saturday Mothers announces 701st gathering in İstanbul despite ban
The Saturday Mothers announced on Friday that they would be at Galatasaray Square for their 701st weekly gathering on Saturday despite a prohibition by...
Turkey, Kosovo violated fundamental rights of expelled teachers: UN working group
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded that the arrest, detention and forced transfer to Turkey of six Turkish teachers...
Turkish colonel accusing Gülen of coup plotting says his testimony taken under torture
A Turkish colonel whose testimony was key to supporting the Turkish government’s argument that a failed military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 was...
Erdoğanist Turkish lawyers seek arrest of US officers at Turkey’s İncirlik Airbase
A group of pro-Erdoğan Turkish lawyers has applied to the Adana Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office for the arrest of members of the US military...
HDP deputy chains himself to protest Turkey’s destructions in ancient Hasankeyf town
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Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Batman deputy Mehmet Ali Aslan launched protest on Thursday by chaining himself against destructions in ancient Hasankeyf town in...
Turkey’s PM Yıldırım says Gülen movement was behind arrest of Halkbank’s Atilla in US
Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Saturday said the faith-based Gülen movement was responsible for the detention of Halkbank Deputy General Manager Mehmet Hakan Atilla...
Jailed Zaman columnist Alkan seen with wife in first photo from Turkish prison
A photo of Ahmet Turan Alkan, a columnist from the now-closed Zaman daily, with his wife during an open visit at Silivri Prison, where...
US senator McCain calls for removal of Turkey’s US ambassador Serdar Kılıç
Arizona Senator John McCain, one of the leading foreign policy voices in US Congress, urged the expulsion of Turkey's Washington ambassador Serdar Kılıç after...
Case of pro-Kurdish HDP’s Demirtaş in limbo over disagreement between Turkish courts
A case into imprisoned pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş has not been processed due to a disagreement between the courts. The...
Regional court’s switchboard answers with Erdoğan’s propaganda music
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A regional court in Turkey welcomes callers to its switchboard with music used by Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during election campaigns, the...
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