Turkish court sentences pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Zeydan to 8 years in prison

A Turkish court in Diyarbakir on Thursday upheld a previously reversed conviction for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Abdullah Zeydan, sentencing him...

Lawyer representing imprisoned police chiefs says she was mistreated during prison visit

Sümeyra Bulduk, a lawyer representing two police chiefs who have been imprisoned since 2014 due to their role in graft probes in 2013 that...

Pro-gov’t journalist confesses MİT abducted, illegally questioned Gülen followers

https://youtu.be/AtRHqMN1bFA Abdurrahman Şimşek, Sabah’s special editor for intelligence reporting, admitted on Friday that Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) abducted several people who have links to...

Seven lawyers among 15 detained in Ankara over Gülen links

Prosecutors in the Turkish capital of Ankara issued detention warrants on Tuesday for 36 people in two separate investigations, leading to the detention of...

EU ‘deeply saddened’ by death of Turkish lawyer on hunger strike: report

European Commission spokesman Peter Stano on Saturday said the EU was “deeply saddened” by the death of Ebru Timtik, a Turkish lawyer who succumbed...

Ankara mayor Gökçek resigns upon Turkish President Erdoğan’s order

Melih Gökçek, the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality mayor, announced his resignation on Saturday, saying his decision came after an order from Turkish autocratic President Recep...

Turkey’s Erdoğan regime extends post-coup witch hunt targeting Gülen followers abroad

Turkey, under the autocratic rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has stepped up its witch hunt against the alleged members of Gülen movement abroad,...

Jailed HR activists say translators giving inaccurate info about Büyükada meeting

A group of human rights defenders, who have been in jail since July 5, have said translators who attended a meeting on İstanbul’s Büyükada...

Erdoğan adviser: New presidential system resembles joint-stock company

Mehmet Uçum, a top aide of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, described a new executive presidential system in Turkey as “a one-man government in...

Report: Turkish airstrikes destroy archaeological site of Brad in Syria’s Afrin

A bombardment by Turkish fighter jets has reportedly destroyed the archaeological site of Brad, which lies 15 kilometers south of the northwestern Syrian city...

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