Turkish government detains 78 lawyers over alleged links to Gülen movement on Wednesday
Turkish police has detained 78 lawyers in an investigation as part of Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members of...
Science magazine covers case of NASA’s Turkish scientist Gölge as victim of Erdoğan’s massive...
Famous American Science magazine has covered the case of NASA scientist Serkan Gölge, who has been a victim of the massive post-coup witch hunt campaign...
Turkish opposition leader: Stop blaming failures on foreign powers
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday to stop blaming his...
Adana woman who just gave birth to be detained by police in Turkey
A group of police officers have been waiting outside the Avrupa Hospital in the southern province of Adana in order to detain a woman...
Turkey votes over giving extreme powers to autocratic President Erdoğan amid voting frauds
More than 55 million Turkish citizens began voting across the country on Sunday in a historic referendum proposing constitutional changes, including giving extreme and...
Pro-Erdoğan Turkish cleric calls for extra-judicial mass execution of ‘terrorists’: Do not leave anyone...
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A newly emerged video shows Metin Balkanlıoğlu, a radical Islamist figure within the pro-Erdoğan İsmailağa community, one of Turkey’s biggest religious sects, called on...
Turkey’s chief justice says top court’s workload is as heavy as that of ECtHR
Chief Justice Zühtü Arslan has complained about the growing workload of Turkey’s Constitutional Court, saying the court has as many applications as as the...
Turkish prosecutors say 11,500 mistakenly investigated for ByLock use
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday stated that 11,480 GSM users were found to have been involuntarily directed to mobile phone application...
Turkish gov’t detains 402 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government detained a total of 402 people last week (Sept.10-Sept.17) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
European Parliament calls on Turkey to enforce ECtHR ruling for immediate release of Demirtaş:...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday calling on Turkey to comply with a ruling from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)...
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