Two expelled educators detained on 75th day of their hunger strike
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Turkish police, after midnight on Sunday, have raided the houses belonging to Semih Özakça and Nuriye Gülmen, educators who went on a hunger strike...
SCF revised total figure for Turkey’s jailed journos as 258 with 19 more identified
Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) has finally identified the names of 19 arrested journalists who were working for state-run network Turkish Radio Television Corporation...
Recently revealed testimony shows MİT informed about coup 7 hours beforehand
As many questions still persist as to what happened before and after a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, Major O.K. said in...
Turkey’s autocratic President Erdoğan promises not to end state of emergency
Despite calls from international rights organizations and the European Union, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday promised not to end an ongoing...
Turkey defies UN on abductions with cases of disappearances piling up
Defying the United Nations that slammed Turkey last year for enforced disappearances and urged the country’s leaders to offer guarantee of non-repetitions, Turkish government...
Deputy head of Turkish Religious Affairs Directorate discharged from duty
The deputy head of Turkish Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet), which is led by controversial top imam Mehmet Görmez, was discharged from his duty on...
Turkey’s autocratic President Erdoğan to be elected as AKP chairman on Sunday
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to again be elected chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in an extraordinary...
11 people detained in southwestern Turkey over alleged links with Gülen movement
Eleven people, who were allegedly trying to flee Turkey, were arrested on Saturday for their alleged links with the Gülen movement.
According to the pro-government...
Governor, who poses like Matrix’s Neo in a house burnt by security forces in...
Allegedly in a show of intimidation targeting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Ali Arıkan, deputy governor of the southeastern province of Şırnak, has...
Prison population exceeds capacity of jails in Turkey, inmates sleep in shifts
Turkey's Justice Ministry Deputy Undersecretary Basri Bağcı has informed Parliament that Turkish prisons are currently 9 percent over capacity, saying that some inmates have...
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