Erdoğan’s AKP, ultranationalist ally MHP reject motion to investigate negligence in 2015 Ankara massacre
On Wednesday, which marked the third anniversary of the biggest terrorist attack in the history of the Turkish Republic, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development...
Turkish gov’t detains 29 people for depositing money in now-closed Bank Asya
The Turkish government detained 29 people out of 59 warrants issued in Ankara on Wednesday for depositing money in private lender Bank Asya, which...
Cartoonist Trivedi portrays 13 people disappeared in Turkey since July 15 coup attempt
Aseem Trivedi, a political cartoonist and free speech activist, has called people all around the world to raise their voices for the disappeared people...
Amnesty secretary-general poses outside infamous Turkish prison where AI’s Eser is jailed
Amnesty International (AI) Secretary-General Salil Shetty posed for a picture on Tuesday outside İstanbul’s infamous Silivri Prison where AI Turkey Director İdil Eser is...
15 more detained for allegedly insulting Turkey’s autocratic President Erdoğan
Fourteen people in İzmir and the chief editor of the Redaktif website, Hakan Gülseven, in Balıkesir were detained on Friday morning on grounds of...
Turkey orders detention of 295 military personnel
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday ordered the detention of 295 active duty military members in 59 provinces over alleged terrorist links,...
Pro-Erdoğan TV presenter threatens Cumhuriyet daily over Afrin story
Yusuf Ozan, a presenter for the pro-government Akit TV, on Sunday targeted the Cumhuriyet daily over a story it ran on the Afrin operation...
Motion filed against pro-Kurdish HDP deputy for ‘sitting in front of party office’
The Diyarbakır Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed a motion against pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır deputy Ziya Pir, demanding his immunity from prosecution...
HRW says crackdown on Kurdish politicians interferes with rights of voters
Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based international nongovernmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights, said an ongoing crackdown on democratically elected...
Details of brawl between Minister Kaya and Dutch police in Rotterdam emerges
Replying the questions of the Dutch Parliament's members on Monday, the Dutch government has given some new details of the brawl between Turkish Minister of...
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