Turkish singer Atilla Taş detained to serve sentence for alleged links to Gülen movement
Atilla Taş, a former singer and a columnist for the now-closed Meydan daily, was detained by police on Friday morning for the execution of...
Italian Bar Council slams Turkish government over arrested lawyers
After German Federal Bar, the Italian Bar Council (Consiglio Nazionale Forense) has also slammed Turkish government over arrested and persecuted lawyers in a letter...
Turkish gov’t seizes retirement bonus of rights activist removed from civil service job
Turkey’s Social Security Institution (SGK) has refused to pay a retirement bonus to Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, one of Turkey’s most renowned human rights activists...
Turkish gov’t puts Khashoggi’s fiancée Hatice Cengiz under protection
Turkish authorities have put the fiancée of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi under 24-hour police protection, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) said on...
Turkish court orders continued detention of activist Kavala
An İstanbul court ruled to keep prominent businessman and human rights activist Osman Kavala behind bars at the second hearing of a trial concerning...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens including teachers, lawyers, businessmen and more on Friday
Turkish government has continued to detain or arrest dozens of people as part of its post-coup witch hunt targeting the alleged members of the Gülen...
Turkey’s ultranationalist group threatens to block LGBTI parade
The Alperen Ocakları, an offshoot of Turkish nationalist movement the Grey Wolves (Ülkü Ocakları), on Monday announced that they would not allow LGBTI members...
HDP continues nationwide protest in İstanbul park
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Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies gathered at a park in İstanbul’s Kadıköy district as part of a series of protests that will continue...
Turkish gov’t detained 567 people over alleged links to Gülen movement in a week
Turkish government has detained at least 567 people as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members of the Gülen...
Die Welt reporter Yücel arrested over stories on Erdoğan’s son-in-law
German daily Die Welt’s Turkey reporter Deniz Yücel, who was detained in Turkey on Feb. 14 as part of an investigation for publishing stories...
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