Owner of printing house briefly detained over placard targeting Turkish President Erdoğan
The owner of an Ankara printing house that had printed a placard with cartoons targeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was briefly detained on...
Turkish government puts 705th baby behind bars on Children’s Day
On April 23, National Sovereignty and Children's Day, the 705th infant went to jail with its mother, who is accused by the Turkish government of links...
Detention warrants issued for 84 at defense contractor ASELSAN
The Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday issued detention warrants for 84 people working at ASELSAN, Turkey’s largest defense electronics company, connected to the...
Turkish gov’t seizes Reza Zarrab’s private jet at Atatürk Airport in İstanbul
Turkish government has seized a $58-million Challenger 300 private jet on Thursday at İstanbul International Atatürk Airport belonging to Turkish-Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab, who became...
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Yıldırım to be stripped of parliamentary status for insulting Erdoğan
Ahmet Yıldırım, deputy from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP), will be stripped of his parliamentary status after his conviction on charges of insulting...
Erdoğanist columnist calls on gov’t to ‘set West on fire’ before it occupies Turkey
Yakup Köse, a staunch supporter of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and a columnist for the pro-government Star daily, on Monday called on...
Pakistani rights activist and lawyer Asma Jilani Jahangir dies at 66
Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jilani Jahangir, who faced death threats by fighting for unpopular causes and was jailed in the 1980s for her...
Turkish businessman denies being under police custody or house arrest in UK
Exiled Turkish businessman Akın İpek, a target of the Turkish government due to his links to the Gülen movement, has denied recent reports in...
Germany searches for Turkey’s most wanted alleged coup suspect Adil Öksüz
Germany has reportedly launched an investigation against Adil Öksüz, one of the alleged masterminds behind the controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016 amid...
ILO questions post-coup dismissals of union members, lack of reinstatement to jobs
The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations said in a recent report that it notes with...
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