UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges Turkish gov’t to stop attacks on human...
Welcoming concern by Turkey's government for the human rights of the Rohingyas, and others in foreign countries, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid...
Another night raid targeting a Turk’s house reported in Pakistan over links to Gülen...
Following the abduction of former director of Pak-Turk schools Mesut Kaçmaz and his family including two young daughters in the wee hours of Wednesday in Lahore, another...
Turkish journalist Karaca sentenced to 31 years for slandering al-Qaeda-affiliated group
Turkish journalist Hidayet Karaca, former General Director of now-closed Samanyolu Broadcasting Group, has been sentenced by Turkish government to 31 years in prison on charges...
Turkish gov’t detains 586 in one week over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 586 people have been detained in one week due to alleged links to the Gülen movement,...
Turkish gov’t detains more than 70 women over alleged financial support for jailed Gülen...
The Turkish government detained more than 70 women on Wednesday evening in five Turkish provinces as part of a Balıkesir-based investigation targeting alleged members...
Appeals court upholds sentence of former teacher suffering from rare form of cancer
An appeals court on Friday approved a nine year, four month prison sentence for former teacher Ayşe Özdoğan, 33, who suffers from a rare...
Turkey vows to persists on censorship of Wikipedia
Ömer Fatih Sayan, the head of Turkey's Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), said on Wednesday that it is impossible to grant access to...
Turkey is violating international law with airstrikes in northern Syria, says Swedish politician
Morgan Johansson, a Swedish politician and spokesperson for the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraternas), says Turkey's airstrikes in northern Syria are a violation of international law,...
Erdoğan admits being behind arrests of thousands in post-coup purge
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government and himself are behind the arrests of thousands of...
30 detained over support to Turkey’s post-coup hunger strikers
At least 30 people detained after police intervention into a group, gathered to read a press statement in solidarity with Kemal Gün, Nuriye Gülmen and...
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