9-month-old infant forced to accompany mother in prison quarantine cell
A 9-month-old baby has been required to accompany her mother, Yasemin Melizci, 29, in a prison quarantine cell, sparking criticism from human rights activists,...
More than 100 people abducted thanks to ‘intelligence diplomacy’: Turkey’s vice president
Vice President Fuat Oktay said in a speech in parliament that more than 100 people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, have...
Academic Gülmen in critical condition as the hunger strike hits 61st day in Turkey
Academic Nuriye Gülmen suffered from low blood pressure on May 8, or the 61st day in a hunger strike she has been staging along...
Under threat of arrest in US, Erdoğan leaves his security detail at home
Members of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security detail who were indicted in the US for violently attacking protesters in Washington, D.C., in...
Judicial council appoints Erdoğan’s chief advisor to Turkey’s top appeals court
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s chief advisor, Veysel Bektaş, was among 11 new members elected by Turkey’s Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) to...
Turkish police wait to detain another women just hours after delivery
Turkish government, which has imprisoned at least 700 babies so far, is now trying to imprison one more mother together with her newly born...
CHP’s İnce files lawsuit seeking TL 100,000 in damages from Turkish President Erdoğan
Muharrem İnce, the presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP), has filed a lawsuit against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seeking TL100.000...
5 Diyanet imams killed in eastern Turkey in armed attack during heated debate
Five imams from Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) were killed when an argument among imams at town hall ended an armed assault in Turkey's...
Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 99 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of 99 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement over the past week, according to reports...
Freedom House: One year after the coup attempt, Turkey is more fragile than ever
The US-based independent freedom watchdog organization Freedom House said on Friday that Turkish society is more fragile than ever and has no clarity on...
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