Turkish woman sent back to jail with her newborn baby a day after delivery
Ayşe Ateş, who was jailed when she was five months pregnant due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, gave birth at an İzmir...
Top court finds rights violation in terror conviction of association member
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the conviction of a man on terrorism charges over the alleged links of an association he’s a member...
EP President says very concerned about possible vote on reinstatement of death penalty in...
Antonio Tajani, president of the European Parliament, on Monday expressed deep concerns about Turkey’s possible plans to hold a public referendum on the reinstatement...
Turkish police detain one more woman shortly after delivery
B.Ö., a Turkish woman who gave birth on Thursday in the Turkish province of Adana, was detained later the same day over her alleged...
BBC journalist Gol deported from Turkey due to his reports
Jiyar Gol, BBC World Bilingual correspondent and filmmaker, tweeted on Friday that he was detained by police at İstanbul’s Atatürk Airport and then deported...
42 detained at Boğaziçi and Medeniyet universities over alleged Gülen-links
Turkish police teams on Monday detained 42 people, including acedemicians, at İstanbul’s Boğaziçi and Medeniyet universities over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate alleged corruption in Turkey’s judiciary
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Wednesday rejected a parliamentary motion filed by the...
Turkish teacher who turned self in for Gülen links gets seven-and-a-half years in prison
A court in Turkey's Aydın province has sentenced a teacher to seven-and-a-half years in prison after he turned himself claiming he was a sympathizer...
Turkish gov’t detains 16 military and police officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained 16 military officers, military students and police officers in 10 provinces across Turkey on Saturday as part of its massive...
Human rights activist and former teacher arrested for protesting human rights violations
Acun Karadağ, a human rights activist and a former teacher who was dismissed from her job by an emergency decree-law as part of a...
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