Turkey arrests popular Twitter users for spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’
Turkish authorities on Friday arrested two of the three well-known anonymous Twitter users who were detained on Wednesday and Thursday.
Mesut Aykin, who reportedly runs...
COMMENTARY — What is the reason of this grudge to Turkish Journalist Hidayet Karaca?
By Metin Yıkar*
It has been over three years since one of the most brilliant names of the Turkish media industry Hidayet Karaca was confined...
678 people from Turkey seek asylum in Belgium since July 15
According to Belgian media reports basing on information given by official institutions, as many as 678 citizens of Turkey have found or sought asylum...
Top prosecutor signals new indictment seeking ban of pro-Kurdish HDP
Bekir Şahin, chief prosecutor for the Supreme Court of Appeals, has signaled the drafting of a new indictment seeking to shut down the pro-Kurdish...
Layoffs of Turkish media personalities continue after Doğan Media’s sale to pro-Erdoğan group
Three television personalities were dismissed on Monday in an ongoing shakeup that has followed the takeover of the Doğan Media Group by a businessman...
Turkish gov’t detains wives of 13 jailed police chiefs over alleged links to Gülen...
Turkish government, on Monday, has detained the wives of 13 deputy police chiefs who were dismissed from their duties following the incrimination of then-Prime...
4 people trying to escape persecution in Turkey missing after boat capsizes in Evros...
A woman and her three children went missing after a boat carrying several Turkish asylum seekers who fled Turkey due to an ongoing government...
Policeman attempting to detain disabled child in SE Turkey leads to outrage
A video showing a police officer chasing children down by firing his gun and attempting to detain a mentally challenged child during a curfew...
34 MEPs ask Erdoğan to protect rights, freedoms after end of state of emergency...
Marietje Schaake, a member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands and part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE),...
Turkish govenment imposes curfew on 176 Kurdish villages, hamlets
Turkish authorities in Diyarbakır has declared an indefinite round-the-clock curfew in 176 villages and hamlets on Wednesday to conduct a wide-ranging military operation against...
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