Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people over their alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained dozens of people across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members of the Gülen...
Government plunders properties, churches and monastries of Syriac community in Turkey
Turkish government has seized the properties of Syriac (Aramean) community in Turkey including churches, monasteries and cemeteries and given them to public institutions like...
Turkish gov’t detains 69 more over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish police on Saturday detained 69 more people as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement. In the central Turkish province of Konya 50 people,...
Police remove opposition banners questioning sale of forex reserves
Turkish police raided local branches of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in the early hours of Wednesday to take down banners questioning...
Turkish government releases one more German citizen from prison
Turkish government has reportedly released another German prisoner from jail on Friday in what appears to be a growing desire in Ankara to jump-start...
Another woman detained while visiting imprisoned husband
N.A., a Turkish literature teacher who was left unemployed after her school was shuttered as part of post-coup emergency rule, was detained when she...
Minister’s claim of 90 pct compliance rate with ECtHR decisions in Turkey met with...
Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç’s recent statement that Turkey has a 90 percent compliance rate with judgments from the European Court of Human Rights...
CHP vice chair: More than 100,000 children reported missing in Turkey in 8 years
As media coverage of missing children in Turkey has recently increased, Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) Vice Chairperson Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi announced data compiled by...
Jailed Turkish journalist and singer Taş: My ideas even freer than a bird
Jailed columnist and singer Atilla Taş, who has been jailed over accusation of the membership to the Gülen movement, said in a letter he send...
Survey shows 64 pct of Turks support restricting human rights to curb terror
Some 64 percent of Turkish citizens support “limiting” human rights if such measures help to curb terrorism, according to a survey conducted by the...
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