Interior Ministry says 966 detained in anti-Gülen operations since March 13
A total of 966 people were detained in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past week, according to a statement from Turkey’s...
HRW says crackdown on Kurdish politicians interferes with rights of voters
Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based international nongovernmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights, said an ongoing crackdown on democratically elected...
House intel chair says seen no evidence showing Gülen’s involvement in failed putsch
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Head of the US Congress House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes, has said he has not seen any evidence showing the US-based Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah...
Southeastern offices of human rights organization closed down
Sixteen offices of the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples (Mazlumder) in mainly Kurdish-populated cities were closed down on Sunday at...
MHP youth wing chairman says they will take up arms if necessary
Olcay Kılavuz, president of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) youth wing Grey Wolves (Ülkü Ocakları), said on Sunday that they don’t want tensions in Turkey,...
10 teachers, 17 health workers sent to prison over alleged coup involvement
Ten teachers who were claimed to be using ByLock, a smart phone messaging application, were arrested as part of an investigation into the Gülen...
EC president: Reinstatement of death penalty in Turkey will sever ties with Europe
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Sunday that reinstatement of the death penalty in Turkey will halt negotiations with Ankara for its membership...
Erdoğan’s aide: Germany backs Gülen movement, Trump administration works on Gülen’s extradition
İbrahim Kalın, an aide of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has claimed on Sunday that Germany supports the Gülen movement against Turkey while he...
Dismissed professor asks for prayers for elderly father, uncle, brother in prison
Nephrology Professor Süleyman Türk has been asking for prayers for his elderly relatives who were imprisoned as part of the government’s post-coup witch hunt.
Türk...
86-year-old Isparta man in prison for months over alleged coup involvement
Ali Osman Karahan, an 86-year-old Turkish man with walking and speaking difficulties has been kept in an Isparta prison for almost eight months over alleged links...
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