Three-year prison sentence for journalist Eskin approved by Turkey’s appeal court
The prison sentence, which was given to now-closed Dicle news agnecy (DİHA) reporter İsmail Eskin, was approved by the regional appeal court on Thursday...
DİTİB parade with Turkish children in uniform with fake guns at mosque in Germany...
A mosque in Herford, Germany, that is under the control of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) in response to public outrage has removed most...
Turkish gov’t jails 108 babies and children more in past 3 months, bringing total...
The number of babies and children aged between 0 to 6, who are being held in Turkish prisons along with their parents, rose from...
Journalist who photographed murder of Kurdish student released from pretrial detention
A Kurdish journalist who has been the subject of frequent judicial harassment since he photographed the killing of a Kurdish university student by a...
Prominent Turkish figures call for release of jailed HDP deputies
Over 440 intellectuals, politicians and writers, including jailed journalist Hasan Cemal, former Taraf daily Editor-in-Chief Yasemin Çongar, Kurdish writer Tarık Ziya Ekinci and Kurdish...
Turkish authorities reportedly exhume corpses of 267 Kurdish militants in Garzan cemetery
Turkish authorities have reportedly exhumed 267 corpses, which were belong to Kurdish militants who were mostly killed as they fought against radical Islamist terror group...
Academic fired from Istanbul Commerce University for giving Kurdish assignment
Dr. Bekir Tank, a history professor at İstanbul Commerce University, was dismissed from his job on August 31 for giving an assignment to his...
Turkey’s intelligence service MİT submits list of 215,000 ByLock users to prosecutor’s office
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has determined the names of 215,000 people who downloaded the Bylock smart phone application to their mobile phones, giving...
Turkish gov’t puts Khashoggi’s fiancée Hatice Cengiz under protection
Turkish authorities have put the fiancée of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi under 24-hour police protection, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) said on...
Detention warrants issued for 159 in Ankara as 115 detained in İstanbul over alleged...
The Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 159 people including journalists as Turkish police teams detained 115 people in İstanbul on...
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