70-year-old Turkish businessman re-arrested after Erdoğan’s henchman reacted to his release
Cahit Nakıboğlu, a 70-year-old businessman who spent nearly 1,5 years behind the bars as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown against the Gülen movement,...
287 lawyers arrested, 708 lawyers wanted as part of post-coup purge in Turkey
At least 287 lawyers are currently under arrest while detention warrants have been issued for 708 attorneys since a failed coup attempt on July...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violations in 11,830 applications in 2021
Turkey’s Constitutional Court found at least one violation of human rights in each of 11,830 applications in 2021, according to updated statistics announced by...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of academics, military officers and more over alleged Gülen links
Turkish government has detained dozens of on-duty military officers and civilians including numbers of academics on Friday as part of its massive post-coup witch...
Turkey signed secret agreements to abduct dissidents from foreign countries: UN letter
The Turkish government signed bilateral security cooperation agreements with multiple states that were phrased ambiguously to allow for the expulsion or abduction of Turkish...
Turkish Education Minister: 33,065 teachers, staff purged from ministry
Turkish Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz has said that 33,065 teachers and personnel have been expelled from the education ministry and 43 of them have...
Doctor suspended for sharing information about a sick inmate with his family
A doctor was suspended for a week for providing health information about an inmate suffering from COVID-19 to his family, a petition sent to...
Turkey’s Erdoğan vows to criminalize adultery
Turkey should again consider criminalizing adultery, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday, revisiting an issue that caused outrage among secular Turks...
Police officer purged by Turkish government commits suicide in İstanbul house
Durmuş Ali Çetin, a former police officer who was dismissed from his job by government decree 10 months ago, was found dead at his...
Turkish court sentences main opposition CHP’s deputy Berberoğlu for 5 years in prison
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party's (CHP) jailed deputy Enis Berberoğlu was sentenced on Tuesday to 5 years and 10 months in prison. The...
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