CHP deputy says cases of naked body search increase in Turkish prisons
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Barış Yarkadaş has claimed that cases of naked body search are increasing in Turkey’s prisons as he...
Woman detained while trying to escape Turkey witch hunt in hidden compartment
A Turkish woman identified by the initials H.T.K. was detained in Artvin province while she was allegedly attempting to flee to Georgia, on Feb....
İstanbul’s Kültür University cancels CHP deputies’ program
Kültür University in İstanbul has cancelled a program that was to have been participated in by main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputies and...
Germany says Erdoğan’s spying allegation against journalist absurd
After Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called German daily Die Welt’s Turkey reporter Deniz Yücel a “German agent” who hid in the German...
US Human Rights Report: Tens of thousands jailed in Turkey with little clarity on...
The 2016 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices — the Human Rights Reports — released by the US State Department on Friday said that...
İstanbul court arrests lawyer of Fethullah Gülen
A court in İstanbul ruled on Friday for the arrest of Orhan Erdemli, a lawyer representing US-based Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is accused...
Terror prosecutor to investigate Hürriyet over controversial story
A prosecutor who investigates terror crimes will oversee an investigation into the Hürriyet daily for a story it published about the military-government relationship last...
Erdoğan: We do not recognize Venice Commission reports
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday that Turkey would not recognize reports of the Venice Commission, an advisory body of constitutional...
33 housewives detained in Kayseri over alleged ByLock use
Thirty-three housewives have been detained over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a July 15 coup attempt, the...
When the last barricade falls: Remembering unlawful takeover of Turkey’s largest daily
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On March 4, 2016, exactly one year ago today , hundreds of riot police officers fired rubber bullets and gassed loyal readers of Turkey’s...
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