Altınok: Turkish gov’t dismisses 22,987 police officers over alleged links to Gülen movement

Selami Altınok, the General Director of Turkish Police Department, has stated on Tuesday that 22,987 police officers have been dismissed from Turkish police department...

Turkish court rejects pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Leyla Güven’s appeal for release from jail

A Turkish court has rejected an appeal for release by Leyla Güven, a deputy for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) held since January...

Dismissed police officer found dead in Turkey’s Konya province

Melikşah Kültür, a 41-year-old former police officer, who was dismissed as part of an administrative investigation launched against him, was found dead at an...

Bharara outraged over Turkey’s Erdoğan to ask US administration to sack an American prosecutor

Former US Attorney for New York South District, Preet Bharara said it is outrageous for Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to ask US administration...

Turkey’s military chief not held by force, says former rear admiral coup suspect

Former İstanbul Northern Sea Area Commander and Rear Admiral Ömer Faruk Harmancık, one of the suspects in a trial concerning a failed coup in...

Interior Ministry says 966 detained in anti-Gülen operations since March 13

A total of 966 people were detained in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past week, according to a statement from Turkey’s...

Almost 60,000 cases filed against Turkish Prime Ministry over state of emergency decrees

A total of 57,679 cases were filed against state of emergency decree-laws in 2017, the Prime Ministry Office’s activity report for the year has...

CoE human rights commissioner to intervene in Kavala’s case at ECtHR

Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović has announced her decision to intervene in a case against jailed Turkish rights activist...

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...

Lawyer for jailed businessman Kavala again seeks retrial after several rejections

After the Turkish Justice Ministry rejected jailed businessman Osman Kavala’s fourth request for a retrial last week, one of his lawyers once again petitioned the ministry...
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