Parliamentary status of two pro-Kurdish HDP deputies removed due to ‘absence’
The parliamentary status of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Van deputy Tuğba Hezer Öztürk and Şırnak deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız was removed in a vote...
Opposition party CHP initiates ‘Democracy Watch’ in Turkish Parliament
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) parliamentary group deputy chairman Özgür Özel said his party decided to spend the night in Parliament yesterday in...
Turkish gov’t detains, arrests dozens over their alleged links to Gülen movement on Thursday
Turkish government’s massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged followers of the Gülen movement has continued on Thursday with dozens of new detentions and new...
Nişanyan, renowned Turkish-Armenian intelectual, applied for political asylum in Greece
Renowned Turkish-Armenian intelectual, linguist and writer Sevan Nişanyan, who escaped from a Turkish prison two weeks ago after having been jailed in 2014 on...
Turkey’s main opposition CHP sends message of support to HDP’s ‘Justice Watch’
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has sent a support message to a “Justice Watch” launched by the Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)...
Surveys show majority of Germans avoid going on a holiday in Turkey
Results of two public survey conducted in Germany have showed that majority of the Germans do not prefer to go to Turkey for a...
Detained woman, newborn baby transferred to police station 240 km away from home in...
Detained hours after giving birth at a private hospital in İstanbul early on Tuesday, a woman named Ayşe Kaya has been transferred to a...
27-year-old dorm manager detained while visiting hospital for treatment in Turkey
Muhammed B., the former manager of an Alanya-based student dormitory that the government earlier shuttered over its allged links to the Gülen movement, was detained at...
‘Maqluba’ pic on cell phone among terror evidence in Turkey
A former court clerk who was earlier dismissed over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, O.G. was sentenced to 6 years plus 3...
Amnesty’s jailed Turkey director Eser has no visitors due to lack of immediate family
Director of Amnesty International (AI) Turkey İdil Eser, who has been jailed since her detention on July 5, has no visitors since she does...
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