Three people imprisoned by Turkey’s courts over preventing imams from reciting Sala on night...
Three people, including a neighborhood administrator (mukhtar), were imprisoned by Turkish courts with charge of their alleged intervention into Sala prayers recited by a local...
Turkish government fears criticism more than pandemic: Amnesty International
Amnesty International said, in a report released Thursday, the fact that prisoners of conscience have been left to languish in appalling conditions despite a...
Turkish gov’t detains 110 military officers and more over alleged links to Gülen movement
Dozens of people, mostly military officers, were detained across Turkey as part of Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members of...
CoE’s Jagland expresses concern over arrest of rights activists in Turkey
Thorbjørn Jagland, the secretary-general of the Council of Europe (CoE), has expressed his concerns to Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım over the arrest of...
Report: High-ranking Turkish intelligence officer, police chiefs among asylum seekers in Germany
Some high-ranking police chiefs and a member of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) top brass are among asylum seekers in Germany, the Die Welt...
Turkish publicist arrested over election comment on social media
Hakan Aykut Nili, an advertising publicist, was arrested last week for a comment made on social media about the results of the June 24...
On 20th anniversary, Feb. 28 victims say there is more oppression in Turkey today
Renowned figures who were all victimized by a military intervention known as the Feb. 28 postmodern coup of 1997 have said on the 20th...
Family of military cadet lynched by mob on coup night ordered to pay compensation
The family of Murat Tekin, who was killed by a mob on the Bosporus Bridge on the night of a 2016 failed coup in...
HRW: Turkey’s Erdoğan opens 3rd airport in İstanbul amid labour rights violations
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday opened İstanbul's third airport, which he says will become one of the largest in the world, while...
SDF’s seizure of Tabqa reveals ISIL and al-Qaeda books published freely in Turkey
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have revealed following their capture of Syrian town of Tabqa that the ideological indoctrination material for The Islamic State of Iraq...
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