Justice remains elusive for Turkey’s peace academics 8 years on
Turkey’s Academics for Peace, a group of scholars who were fired for signing a peace petition in 2016, are still struggling to return to...
Latest victim of Turkish government’s persecution becomes days-old baby Vedat Akif
Everyday a new tragedy has been added to the story of massive persecution in Turkey where more than 17,000 innocent women and over 700...
About 200 Turkish people detained as trying to flee to Greece in Muğla in...
Turkish government detained 198 people in Muğla province and neighbouring districts over their alleged links to the Gülen movement as they were trying to...
Baghdad’s call for sanctions to KRG finds limited response from int’l community
The call for Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to halt flights to the Iraqi Kurdish region as reaction to the independence referendum held by...
Jailed businessman Boydak: Money I sent to my children considered as support of a...
Jailed businessman Memduh Boydak, former CEO of Kayseri-based Boydak Holding, which was seized by Turkish government of autocratic President of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has...
Two Iranians extradited by Turkey in defiance of international law face execution
An Iranian court on Tuesday upheld the death sentences of Saeed Tamjidi (27) and Mohammad Rajabi (25), two Iranian nationals who sought asylum in...
Turkey arrests 9 more teachers over coup charges
Nine teachers who were earlier dismissed from their posts has been arrested as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement.
A Kocaeli court ruled...
Turkish security forces’ armored vehicle kills 55-year-old woman in Bitlis
Gülten Yaraşlı, a 55 years old Kurdish woman, was ran over by an armored vehicle of Turkish security forces on Hizan-Tatvan while on the...
Man accused of attacking students with machete appointed prosecutor in Turkey
A man who was filmed attacking students with a machete during a violent clash at a university in 2017 has been appointed as a...
Pentagon says not aware of civilian casualties in Afrin under Turkish military operation
The Pentagon said Monday it has no information about civilian casualties in Syria’s Afrin region. "I am not aware of any incidents regarding what you...
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