Germany’s Lammert accuses Erdoğan of perpetrating coup against constitution
Norbert Lammert, the president of Germany’s Bundestag, criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday, saying he had carried out a coup against the...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 22 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government issued detention warrants on Monday for 22 people, including six active duty officers from the Turkish Naval Forces and the Coast...
Turkish gov’t detains 78 people in Antalya over alleged use of ByLock
Turkish government has detained 78 people in Antalya province on Thursday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members...
Turkish gov’t detains yet another pro-Kurdish journalist
The Turkish government has detained pro-Kurdish journalist Çağdaş Kaplan, editor-in-chief of the Yeni Yaşam newspaper, in İstanbul, according to a report by the Mezopotamya...
Turkish gov’t puts babies, mothers behind bars without slowing down
A 4-month old infant has been taken into prison by Turkish government along with her mother in Turkey’s Kahramanmaraş province. While the infant’s mother...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government has detained dozens of people, including active duty military officers, across Turkey in the past two days as part of its...
After 13 years of pain, 13-year-old Kaymaz’s police killers could not be found in...
The murder of a Kurdish man and his son Uğur Kaymaz, who fell victim to 13 bullets from a police gun on Nov. 21,...
Turkish court rules to keep pro-Kurdish HDP’s co-chair Demirtaş behind bars
An Ankara court ruled on Thursday to keep Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), behind the bars during his...
European Union slams Turkish gov’t over arrest of peace activist Osman Kavala
The European Union has criticized the arrest of Osman Kavala, a prominent businessman and activist, on terror charges, reiterating its call on the Turkish...
Turkish prosecutor charges 4 journalists for reports over fatal terror attack in Ankara
A Turkish court has charged four journalists for publishing leaked official documents that showed police were aware of an Islamic State in Iraq and...
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