Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people, sentences 114 for imprisonment over alleged links to...

Turkish government has issued detention warrants for dozens of people as it detained tens of them including military officers while İstanbul 22nd High Criminal Court...

Journalist says Erdoğan tracking phone calls of ‘March for Justice’ participants

Yeniçağ daily's Ankara representative Ahmet Takan has claimed that Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has asked for an investigation into “March for Justice“...

Amnesty says court ruling for release of jailed MP ‘long overdue’

Prominent human rights organization Amnesty International has welcomed a decision from Turkey’s Constitutional Court concerning the violation of rights of a jailed lawmaker but...

Mass detentions of Gülen movement followers since 2014 ‘politically motivated’: report

A report recently released by a Brussels-based human rights monitor has pointed to the political motivation behind a mass detention campaign that has systematically...

154 people trying to flee persecution in Turkey detained at border in 2 years

One hundred fifty-four people have been detained over alleged Gülen links while trying to flee Turkey by illegally crossing the Bulgarian or Greek borders...

COMMENTARY — Erdogan’s confidante who led armed Islamist group operating in Sweden via UETD

By Abdullah Bozkurt Metin Külünk, a close confidante of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is the man who is in charge of clandestine operations in...

Cocaine worth billions flows through Turkey due to weakened rule of law: report

Turkey has become a significant hub for the global cocaine trade, with an estimated $2.9 to $5.8 billion worth of the drug passing through...

USCIRF condemns Turkey’s indictment against American Pastor Brunson

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Tuesday issued a statement condemning an indictment filed by a Turkish prosecutor charging US citizen...

17 jailed lawyers in Turkey stage hunger strike to protest unfair court hearings

Seventeen lawyers including Selçuk Kozağaçlı, president of the now-closed Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD), have begun a hunger strike in protest of the difficulties they...

Turkish gov’t detains 119 people over links to Gülen movement in past week

The Turkish government has detained a total of 119 people over the past week (June 11-June 18) as part of its massive post-coup witch...
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