Widespread and systematic election frauds mark on Turkey’s referendum over executive presidency
As polls were closed and vote counting has been continuing in Turkey's historic referendum over shifting political system to an executive presidency with extreme...
Torture from Freedom reports Turkey’s use of torture to suppress political activity
Although an attempted coup in July 15, 2016 has highlighted Turkey’s place in the world as a torturing state, ill-treatment in Turkish prisons has...
Turkey votes over giving extreme powers to autocratic President Erdoğan amid voting frauds
More than 55 million Turkish citizens began voting across the country on Sunday in a historic referendum proposing constitutional changes, including giving extreme and...
US State Department watching, following, monitoring Turkey ‘very closely’
Mark Toner, spokesman for the US Department of State, reiterated many times at a press briefing on Thursday that the United States is “monitoring,”...
İstanbul court re-arrests 12 journalists, releases 1 in a contrived trial
An İstanbul court has re-arrested 12 out of 13 journalists who were re-detained on April 1 as part of an investigation into a July...
Gov’t to purge 300K more civil servants once it wins referendum, CHP deputy says
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Muharrem İnce claimed on Friday that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government is planning to...
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...
Pro-Erdoğan lawyers file criminal complaint against US officials on terror charges
A group of pro-Erdoğan lawyers in Turkey have filed what appears to be a frivolous criminal complaint on terror charges against prominent names in...
SCF’s website blocked in Turkey
An Ankara court has ruled to block the web site of Stockholm Center for Freedom, an advocacy organization that promotes the rule of law,...
Germany says 100 of its citizens barred from entering Turkey since January
German Foreign Ministry has announced that a total of 100 German citizens have been barred from entering Turkey since the beginning of 2017 on...
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