Press groups call on EU to be less deferential towards Turkey on rights violations
Several international press organization under the flagship of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) urged the European Union (EU) and its member states to use their...
Erdoğan’s stooge manipulates hadith for ‘yes’ vote in referendum
Şevki Yılmaz, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s stooge, radical Islamist pro-Erdogan Akit daily columnist and Turkish Parliament’s former member, has manipulated a hadith of Prophet...
A Turkish court reporter Yakup Çetin faces lifetime jail over critical Tweets
A court reporter who had covered Turkey’s high-profile terrorism, organized crime, drug and corruption cases for years is being falsely accused of terrorism and...
Turkey’s top court denies petitions of over 70,000 purge victims
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected the petitions of 70,071 people who were purged from state institutions by means of decrees issued under an ongoing...
Turkish court seeks Interpol Red Notice, issues arrest warrant for journalist Dündar
An İstanbul court on Monday issued an arrest warrant and sought an Interpol red notice for exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar, the former editor-in-chief of...
Man attempts to torch gate of Armenian church in İstanbul
A man attempted to set fire to the gate of the Dznunt Surp Asdvadzadzni Church in İstanbul’s Bakırköy district on Friday morning, according to...
Turkey referred to UN Security Council over arrested judge of UN legal panel
Turkey is infringing the judicial independence of a United Nations (UN) war crimes tribunal by holding one of its judges in prison despite an...
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...
Turkey’s Erdoğan: CHP’s Kılıçdaroğlu may never be able to go out on the street...
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu with not being able to go out into...
Bodies of Turkish mother and 1-year-old son found on banks of Evros River
The bodies of Hatice Akçabay and her 1-year-old son Bekir Aras, who went missing when a boat capsized on Wednesday, have been found on...
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