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Turkey launches probe into dismissed protestor’s 70-year-old mother

The Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into 7 people, including Kezban Şaçılık, the mother Veli Saçılık who is activist and a sociologist...

Former EU minister says Turkey should approve executive presidency to avoid civil war

Disgraced former Minister of European Union Affairs Egemen Bağış said in a radio show on Saturday that citizens in Turkey should vote in favor...

Turkish gov’t detains 151 people over alleged links to Gülen movement

Turkish government has detained more than 151 people on Thursday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members of the...

Bodies found in Aegean Sea show volume of cruelty and oppression in Turkey

While trying to escape from Turkey to Mytilene Island of Greece, a family with three children, who disappeared in the Aegean Sea, were found...

Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 70 active duty military officers over alleged Gülen...

Turkish government issued detention warrants for 70 active duty military officers on Thursday in the Central Anatolian province of Konya as part of its...

Turkish court rejects Yücel’s demand for damages arising from imprisonment

A Turkish court has rejected a German-Turkish journalist’s request for compensation for his yearlong imprisonment in Turkey, The Associated Press reported. Deniz Yücel, a correspondent...

Turkish intellectuals call for attention to academics on hunger strike

A group of intellectuals and artists have called on Turkish authorities to meet the demands of Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two dismissed educators...

PEN: Never recorded so many writers in prison in one country at one time

PEN International, a worldwide association of writers, on Monday called on the Turkish government to stop abusing a state of emergency in force in...

22,000 inmates sleep on jail floors in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons

At least 22,000 inmates are forced to sleep on jail floors as the number of prisoners reaches more than 224,000 for the first time...

4,936 case opened, 1,080 people convicted over ‘insulting Erdoğan’ in 2016 in Turkey

According to Turkey's Justice Ministry statistics, a total of 4,936 cases were opened in 2016 against people accused of “insulting” Turkey's autocratic President Recep...

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NBA star Kanter: I was with Gülen on coup night, he was as shocked as we were

Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 99 people over ByLock app use

Turkish gov’t to liquidate 6 companies seized from businessman over Gülen links

Turkey launches probe into dismissed protestor’s 70-year-old mother

Former EU minister says Turkey should approve executive presidency to avoid civil war

Turkish gov’t detains 151 people over alleged links to Gülen movement

Bodies found in Aegean Sea show volume of cruelty and oppression in Turkey

Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 70 active duty military officers over alleged Gülen...

Turkish court rejects Yücel’s demand for damages arising from imprisonment

Turkish intellectuals call for attention to academics on hunger strike

PEN: Never recorded so many writers in prison in one country at one time

22,000 inmates sleep on jail floors in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons

4,936 case opened, 1,080 people convicted over ‘insulting Erdoğan’ in 2016 in Turkey

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