Woman looking after disabled children alone as prosecutor husband under arrest for 270 days
Hacer Çakmak is only one of the hundreds of thousands of people who found themselves facing tremendous difficulties after the government started a desperate...
Interior Ministry: 1,015 detained over alleged Gülen links in one week
A total of 1,015 people were detained in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past week, according to a statement from Turkey’s...
Turkish government bans May Day celebrations in İstanbul’s Taksim Square
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has rejected a request from Confederation of Revolutionary Workers’ Unions (DİSK) Chairman Kani Beko to hold May Day celebrations...
ISIL suspects released in big numbers under Erdoğan’s rule
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Cells linked to Turkish networks of al-Qaeda and Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) have been mushrooming in İstanbul’s conservative Sultanbeyli...
Turkey releases jailed Italian journalist Del Grande
A Turkish court has released Gabriele del Grande, an Italian journalist working for the ANSA news agency, who was detained during a security check...
520 children of imprisoned mothers grow up in Turkey’s jails
As Turkey celebrated the 97th anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish Parliament, National Sovereignty and Children’s Day on April 23, at least 520...
Erdoğan guard threatens woman with rape on social media
Fatih Menteş, a police security guard of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has threatened to rape a woman, calling her a “son of...
Peace activist, conscientious objector Yaylalı arrested in Şırnak
Peace activist and conscientious objector Yannis Vasilis Yaylalı, who settled in Roboski village to stand with families after 2011's massacre, was arrested and jailed in...
At least 18 Germans detained in Turkey since failed coup attempt
At least 18 German nationals have been detained in Turkey since a failed coup last summer, and some of them still remain behind bars,...
10 arrested for ‘insulting’ President Erdoğan during referendum protest and on social media
Seven people were arrested for insulting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during protests held in İzmir in the aftermath of an April 16...
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