With alleged link to Gülen movement 30 detained across Turkey
At least 30 people, including police chiefs, police officers and engineers, were detained across Turkey late Saturday over alleged ties with the Gülen movement. Witch hunt...
Outlawed Hizb ut-Tahrir to hold Caliphate conference in Turkey
Hizb ut-Tahrir (the Party of Liberation), an outlawed religious organization that was banned in Turkey because of violence, plans the hold a caliphate conference...
Police detain Kurdish mayor, hang Turkish flag on facade of town hall
A group of police officers in plain clothes detained Mehmet Aydın, the mayor of Mardin’s Savur district from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) and...
29 businessmen, doctors detained in Denizli over alleged coup involvement
A total of twenty-nine businessmen and doctors were detained over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15...
Woman sentenced to 6 years in prison, jailed with 7-month-old son
A Turkish woman, identified with the initials H.G.D., was jailed along with her 7-months-old baby after the Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the decision...
To create space for post-coup detainees, Turkish gov’t transfers convicts sentenced to 10 years...
Turkey has revised its regulation to transfers the convicts with ‘lighter’ jail sentences to open prisons in order to make room for post-coup detainees.
According...
Turkish woman says she feels pain when twin sister tortured in prison
The twin sister of 23-year-old Seda Kaya, who was arrested on terror charges on July 2 of last year, says she has been feeling...
Pro-gov’t hitman calls for arrest of Hürriyet owner, journalist due to report on army
Cem Küçük, a staunchly pro-government journalist known for his social media attacks on government critics, has called on prosecutors to take legal action against...
Academic who signed peace declaration commits suicide after dismissal
Mehmet Fatih Traş, a research assistant at Çukurova University in the southern province of Adana in Turkey, committed suicide on Friday evening in his...
İHD says families cannot reach their children in blockaded Koruköy, minister adamant
A report by Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) shows that several families cannot reach their children in the village of Koruköy in southeastern Mardin...
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