Journalists Hürtaş, Demir and dozens more detained by Turkish police over criticism against Afrin...
Journalist Sibel Hürtaş, Ankara Bureau Chief of Germany-based online news outlet Artı Gerçek was detained by Turkish police at her house in Ankara on...
Former acting US Attorney complaints over attacks came from Turkey during Zarrab probe
Former acting US attorney in Manhattan Joon H. Kim, who oversaw the Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla, who was convicted of helping orchestrate what...
Turkish PM Yıldırım says no troops lost so far in Afrin operation
The Turkish military suffered no losses so far in the Afrin operation, said Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Monday bu added that a Turkish...
EP’s Foreign Affairs Chair McAllister: Turkish gov’t turns its back on rule of law,...
David McAllister, the European Parliament (EP) lawmaker and the Chair of the EP’s Foreign Affairs Committee has stated that "Recent developments in Turkey including purges...
Kurdish books take their share from Turkish government crackdown
The number of books printed in the Kurdish language in Turkey decreased in 2017, with only 171 released, as Turkish government's crackdown has been...
Turkish gov’t detains 615 people over alleged links to Gülen movement last week
At least 615 people were detained as part of Turkish government’s massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement over...
Turkish gov’t detains T24 columnist Baysal and more journalists over critical social media posts...
Journalist and writer Nurcan Baysal, who is a clolumnist for online news portal T24, was detained by Turkish police after midnight over her critical...
Erdoğan regime’s official mouthpiece AA targets exiled Turkish journalists over Afrin messages
Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency (AA), which was managed by a former advisor of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Sunday targeted exiled...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 35 people over Afrin messages
Turkish public prosecutor’s offices on Sunday issued detention warrants for at least 35 people on accusations of disseminating the propaganda of the Kurdish Democratic...
Turkish gov’t launches investigation into HDP deputies over Afrin tweets
The Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office on Sunday launched an investigation into pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Ayhan Bilgen and Nadir Yıldırım for tweets...
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