UN human rights specialists call on Turkey to release rights defenders
A group of United Nations experts on Friday called on the Turkish government to immediately release nine human rights defenders and two foreign trainers...
Prosecutor: Most officers affiliated with Gülen did not take part in July 15
Despite Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) having blamed the Gülen movement for a failed coup...
Number of Turkish generals decreases 40 pct after post-coup purges
The number of generals and admirals in the Turkish military has decreased decreased from 326 to 196 (40 percent) in wake of a controversial...
Policeman suspended by Turkish gov’t reportedly dies while working as construction worker
Lokman Keleş, a Konya-based police officer who was suspended as part of the government’s post-coup purge of state institutions, died after falling from a...
HDP party council member arrested at İstanbul airport to serve prison sentence
Pınar Aydınlar, party council member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who is also a famous folk singer, was arrested on Tuesday due...
Turkey, Cambodia called on to implement UN body decision on expelled educator
The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) has called on the governments of Turkey and Cambodia to implement a decision against the Kingdom...
Turkish court considers food photo evidence of terrorist activity
A Turkish court sentenced a teacher identified only as F.K. to six years, three months’ imprisonment on conviction of membership in a terrorist organization...
Turkish court extends arrest warrant for neo-nationalist Sözcü daily’s owner over Gülen links
An outstanding arrest warrant for Burak Akbar, the proprietor of the neo-nationalist Sözcü daily, was extended by a Turkish court in İstanbul on Wednesday.
Akbay faces...
Turkish citizen detained for disturbing peace after filing complaint against Erdoğan
A man who filed charges against Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for “discriminating against part of society” was detained shortly afterwards on charges...
ARTICLE 19, IPI and RSF: Zaman columnists, journalists must be acquitted in political trial
International organisations for press freedom ARTICLE 19, the International Press Institute (IPI) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have repeated their call for all defendants...
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