Turkish government’s anti-Kurdish crackdown takes more toll: 30 people detained
As part of Turkish government's ongoing political crackdown targeting Turkey's 3rd biggest political party, pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP), Turkish police have detained numbers...
Parents of Afghan-Turk school students vow to defend school in Mazar-e Sharif to the...
The Parents' Committee of an Afghan-Turk school held a press conference on Wednesday in the conference hall of Ariana Boys High School in Mazar-e...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 149 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government on Friday issued detention warrants for 149 people, mostly military officers, as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
US could seek $37,5 bln over Turkey’s Halkbank’s violation of Iran sanctions
A demand for as much as $37,5 billion could be the opening move for US authorities seeking to punish Turkey’s state-run Halkbank for violating...
Rights groups say Turkey experiencing worst period in terms of rights abuses due to...
Human rights groups in Turkey said on Monday that Turkey is experiencing its worst period in recent times in terms of human rights abuses...
Thousands commemorate Gezi Park protests in İstanbul’s İstiklal Street on 4th anniversary
Thousands of people rallied on İstanbul’s İstiklal Street to mark the fourth anniversary of Gezi Park protests in 2013.
The crowd was also joined by the families...
Turkish gov’t makes over 12,000 talks abroad to defame Gülen movement
Turkish government under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has mobilized all state facilities to defame the Gülen movement all over the...
Victims of Madımak Massacre commomerated on 24th anniversary in Turkey’s Sivas province
The Sivas Massacre, an arson attack staged by radical Islamists on mostly Alevi intellectuals inside the Madımak Hotel that killed 33 intellectuals and two hotel personnel,...
Top European judges decry situation of Turkey’s judiciary, ECtHR’s role: report
Several executives from European-based judges’ associations in a series of interviews with the Arrested Lawyers Initiative slammed the political control over Turkey’s judiciary as...
Freedom House: Turkey posts second worst decline in freedoms in a decade
Turkey has shared the second most dramatic decline in freedoms in the last decade with African nation Gambia, according to new ranking by Freedom...
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