Turkish hunger strikers held in ‘severe confinement’ conditions, say lawyers
Lawyers for hunger striker teachers Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça have said the jailed educators, who are on the 155th day of hunger strike,...
CHP deputy Akaydın calls on Turkish gov’t to prove coup attempt was not staged
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Mustafa Akaydın has asked the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government to prove that last summer’s...
HDP’s Baydemir: Not surprised if Turkish main opposition leader arrested
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy and party spokesperson Osman Baydemir on Thursday said it would not be a surprise if Kemal...
Turkish police deny torturing villagers while investigation continues
Turkey’s General Directorate of Security on Thursday denied torturing thirty-six villagers who were detained on July 5 as part of an operation by Turkish...
Turkey takes legal action against 2 people, 5 dismissed over ‘hero’ T-shirt
As part of an investigation launched after Gökhan Güçlü, a suspect on trial for an assassination attempt against Turkey's autocratic President Tayyip Erdoğan on...
CPJ calls on Spain to release journalist arrested on Turkish warrant
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Spanish authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Hamza Yalçın, a writer for the leftist Turkish...
Turkey’s OHAL commission not to accept applications from television stations
The İMC TV, Hayatın Sesi and TV 10 television stations, which were closed under a state of emergency (OHAL) currently ongoing in Turkey, are...
Dismissed academic not allowed to study at university as student in Turkey
Academic Cenk Yiğiter, who was dismissed from the Ankara University law faculty under a state of emergency decree-law, has not been allowed to study...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 35 journalists, 9 detained over alleged ByLock use
Turkey has issued detention warrants for 35 more journalists over the alleged use of a smart phone application known as ByLock, the Cumhuriyet daily...
Turkey detains and arrests dozens over alleged links to Gülen movement on Wednesday
Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movement has continued on Wednesday with dozens of new detentions...
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