Police strip jailed purge victim, beat for 22 days, threaten to rape wife
O.K., a purge victim in Zonguldak province who was detained on Aug. 1 last year over links to faith-based Gülen movement, was tortured by...
Security forces beat 39 villagers at blockaded Kuruköy square, set houses on fire
Turkish security forces blockaded a village in Nusaybin district of Mardin province beaten thirty nine villagers in front of others at the village square...
CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu says AKP rule worse than Sept. 12 regime
Leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has accused the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government of staging a civilian...
Nigeria on alert over spying activities of Maarif Foundation and Diyanet imams
Spying scandal that involved Turkish imams and other Turkish state officials who were accused of profiling critics and opponents of Turkey’s president abroad has...
Pianist arrested for insulting President Erdoğan
Turkish pianist Dengin Ceyhan was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in social media posts.
He had been in detention since...
Dozens detained, arrested over alleged Gülen links in witch hunt campaigns
Acting under the directives of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the government of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has continued its self-declared witch hunt...
Major says no one in Erdoğan assassination attempt trial has links to Gülen
One of 37 officers who are standing trial on charges of taking part in an assassination attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a...
Post-coup purge victim says he may never be a father due to torture in...
A man jailed over alleged links to a failed coup in Turkey last July said during a recent hearing in Kırıkkale that he may...
Turkish government’s oppression against Kurds intensifies
Acting under the directives of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the government of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has intensified its war and persecution...
AI’s Vanderlinden: Erdogan abuses coup attempt as opportunity to silence all dissident voices
International human rights organization Amnesty International’s (AI) Turkey Coordinator Jenny Vanderlinden has said that the failed coup on July 15, 2016 has been an...
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