Turkish government’s war in domestic front goes on against critics of military campaign in...
Turkish government's war against the critics of the military campaign targeting Kurdish armed groups in Syria's Afrin province goes on in the 'domestic front'...
EU reacts to scandal of Turks’ abduction in Kosovo: Arrests were arbitrary, against EU...
The European Union has reacted to the abduction last Thursday of six Turkish nationals by the Turkish government in Kosovo over their alleged links...
Turkey vows to persists on censorship of Wikipedia
Ömer Fatih Sayan, the head of Turkey's Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), said on Wednesday that it is impossible to grant access to...
700th gathering of ‘Saturday Mothers’ marred by Turkish police violence, detentions
The Saturday Mothers, who gather every Saturday to bring attention to the cases of people who disappeared while in custody in the 1990s, would...
Israeli footballer leaves Turkey after being detained for Gaza message
An Israeli footballer left Turkey on Monday after being detained overnight and charged with incitement to hatred for displaying a message about the Israel-Hamas...
Turkish gov’t detains an interpreter of US troops in Turkey over alleged links to...
An another Turkish citizen who used to work for American official entities in Turkey was detained over his alleged links to the Gülen movement...
Kosovo parliamentary committee to probe abduction of six Turkish nationals
Kosovo parliament voted on Wednesday to set up a committee to investigate how six Turkish citizens were abducted and illegaly deported to Turkey in...
Turkey pulls out of landmark treaty protecting women from violence
Turkey on Saturday pulled out of the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women by presidential decree, in the latest...
Turkish online news editor faces up to 15 years for reporting on gov’t whistleblower
A Turkish prosecutor has drafted an indictment for Doğan Akın, the editor and founder of the T24 news website, for his reporting on a...
Turkish gov’t detains 18 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained 17 people in Bursa province and one in Tokat on Thursday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting...
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