Kurdish Alevi university student allegedly brutalized in apparent hate crime
A university student in İstanbul has been allegedly brutalized by roommates due to his Kurdish and Alevi identities, according to local media reports.
The student,...
Former CHP lawmaker joins Erdoğan’s party as opposition faces turmoil, municipal probes
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pinned the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) badge on İstanbul lawmaker Nimet Özdemir, who recently resigned from...
Somali president’s son given $906 fine in fatal car accident trial in Turkey
An İstanbul court has handed down a prison sentence of two-and-a-half years to a son of the Somali president who was involved in a...
Turkey promotes police chief connected to allegations of brutal torture
The Turkish Interior Ministry has promoted Yaşar Gidiş, a police chief whose precinct has in recent years been implicated in several allegations of torture,...
Opposition MP highlights plight of quintuplets with parents jailed on Gülen links
An opposition lawmaker has written a column drawing attention to the predicament of children whose parents were sent to jail in October on charges...
Journalist faces up to 5 years in prison due to report on judicial corruption
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to five years for a journalist due to one of his articles last year in...
Turkish gov’t detains 967 people for alleged links to Gülen movement over last week
The Turkish government has detained 967 people across Turkey over the past week (May 7-May 14) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt...
Turkey again fires academic who signed peace petition
An appeals court in Turkey has ruled to remove from her job Mühdan Sağlam, an academic who was recently reinstated after initially being fired...
Zeki Güven, jailed police intelligence chief, becomes latest suspicious death in a Turkish prison
Zeki Güven, the former intelligence chief of the Ankara Police Department who was arrested by a Turkish court in May as part of the...
20 women journalists involved in court proceedings in February: MKG
The Mesopotamia Female Journalists Association (MKG) has announced that a total of 20 women journalists were involved in trial proceedings in February over their...
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