Cemevi on Kurt decision: Killing a person here gets a TL 12,100 fine
The Okmeydanı Cemevi, an Alevi house of worship, protested a court decision last week that fined a police officer TL 12,100 for the murder...
Pro-Erdoğan daily: 13,000 targeted in new wave of detentions
The pro-government Yeni Şafak daily on Sunday claimed that a new detention operation is underway targeting 13,000 police officers and civilians allegedly linked to...
Turkey holds 235 journalists in prisons on eve of World Press Freedom Day
In the days leading up the World Press Freedom Day, Turkey stands out from the crowd by a distant margin by holding a record...
M72 LAW produced by Turkey’s MKE captured from ISIL in Tabqa
A pro-Kurdish news source has claimed that YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have seized arms including M72 LAW produced by Turkey for the Turkish...
Top Judge, Paralyzed After Cancer Surgery, Under Arrest At Hospital
Mustafa Erdoğan, a former member Court of Cassation, who was dismissed as part of the government’s post-coup purge of public institutions, has been kept...
3,974 public officials dismissed; 32 NGOs, 2 media outlets closed in Turkey on Saturday
A total of 3,974 public officials were dismissed from their state jobs including 484 academics and 98 administrative university personnel, 1 newspaper, 1 magazine,...
Welcome to Turkish police state: 71,705 security officers stop & search 633,772 people, detain...
Turkish police department has assigned 71,705 police officers to stop and search 633,772 people across Turkey late Friday. During these massive security checks at...
HDP’s Özsoy: 11 HDP deputies and over 80 Kurdish mayors still in Turkey’s prisons
"After the arrest of one and release of three of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies, there are currently two co-chairs and nine...
Probe into the assassinations of three Kurdish women in Paris reopened
A probe into the murder of three pro-PKK (the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party) Kurdish political activists Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Söylemez in...
AKP deputy visited General Staff headquarters on July 15, indictment reveals
Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Şirin Ünal visited the headquarters of the General Staff in Ankara hours before a failed coup on July...
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