Government appoints trustees to Lice and Görümlü municipalities
Turkish government has appointed trustees to the Lice and Görümlü municipilaties which have been under the control of popularly elected mayors from pro-Kurdish party.
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2-month-old denied breast milk for 17 days while under detention with mother
Put under detention with his mother at Ankara’s Sincan Prison, a two-month-old newborn had been denied access to breast milk for 17 days.
According to...
3,126 years in prison, 18 life sentences sought for 55 HDP deputies
Turkish authorities are seeking a prison sentence of up to 3,126 years in total and 18 life sentences for 55 deputies of the pro-Kurdish...
İHD report: 68 children killed during clashes in eastern, southeastern Turkey in 2016
Sixty-eight children were killed, 150 detained, 40 arrested and six were tortured during clashesbetween Turkish security forces and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in...
Once declaring it a menace, Erdoğan starts campaigning on Twitter
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has launched a campaign for a referendum on constitutional amendments likely to take place on April 16 on Twitter, which...
46 Central Bank, KİK employees detained over ByLock use
Thirty-six employees from the Turkish Central Bank and 10 others from the Public Procurement Authority (KİK) have been detained in Ankara due to their...
Police use force against academics protesting purges at universities
Turkish police on Friday used pressurized water and pepper spray to disperse a group of people including academics who gathered in front of Ankara...
Erdoğan signals reinstatement of death penalty after referendum
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has revealed plans to reinstate the death penalty in Turkey following a public referendum that will be held on...
Eight more academics detained amidst protests against post-coup purges
Eight academicians including Professor Mehmet Ali Malas, dean of the faculty of medicine at Katip Çelebi University in İzmir, were detained on Thursday over...
New gov’t decree paves way for sale of companies seized from critics
A new government decree issued on Thursday makes possible the sale of companies seized by the state as part of an ongoing witch hunt...
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