Jailed HDP co-chair Demirtaş calls on Turkish educators on hunger strike to end protest
Jailed co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş has called on two educators who went on a hunger strike after they...
Turkish gov’t refuses to allow pro-Kurdish HDP co-chairs visit Demirtaş in prison
An appeal filed by Sezai Temelli and Pervin Buldan, the co-chairs of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), to visit HDP's jailed presidential candidate...
US delegation to Turkey not eager to talk about pastor Brunson: report
A US congressional delegation that went to Turkey on Monday to persuade Ankara to abandon plans to purchase a Russian missile defense system in...
Turkey wants Twitter to block account of AEI’s Rubin, Washington Post columnist says
The Turkish government, led by autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is pressurizing Twitter management to block the account of Michael Rubin, a resident scholar at the American...
Turkish President Erdoğan: Justice Ministry working on partial amnesty for some prisoners
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that the Turkish Justice Ministry is considering whether or not to grant a partial amnesty for...
European Court of Human Rights calls for immediate release of Kurdish leader Demirtaş in...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday called for the immediate release of Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been behind bars...
Top court finds rights violation in terror conviction of association member
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the conviction of a man on terrorism charges over the alleged links of an association he’s a member...
34 employees of government-seized Kaynak Holding jailed over alleged Gülen links
A total of 34 people, who were employees of Turkish business conglomerate Kaynak Holding which was seized in the wake of the controversial coup...
Detention warrants issued for 41 Court of Accounts employees over Gülen links
An Ankara prosecutor has issued detention warrants for 41 employees working for Turkey’s Court of Accounts due to their alleged links to the faith-based...
Turkish gov’t accuses journalist Turköne, author of AKP defence in closure case, of coup...
Prof. Dr. Mümtazer Türköne (62), a political scientist, columnist and political activist, has been accused by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government led...
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