Turkish sergeant claims mobbing by superiors in suicide letter
Ökkeş Gök, a 25-year-old sergeant stationed in southeastern Turkey, said he was subjected to systematic harassment by superiors in a letter he wrote before...
Families of Sivas massacre victims take case to European court after 12-year top court...
Families of people killed when a mob set fire to a hotel in the central Turkish province of Sivas in 1993 have applied to...
Journalists arrested over anti-refugee messages released pending trial
An Ankara court has released 10 people pending trial, including four journalists, who were arrested last year due to social media posts allegedly targeting...
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...
Prosecutor asks to keep Kurdish politician in jail despite eligibility for release
A Turkish prosecutor has demanded the continued pretrial detention of Gültan Kışanak, a Kurdish politician and the former co-mayor of Diyarbakır who has been...
Turkey blocks Instagram account of LGBTI+ rights group, Pride social media pages
Turkey on Tuesday blocked access to the Instagram account of one of the country’s leading LGBTI+ advocacy groups, along with several Pride-related social media...
Journalist indicted over remarks about father of slain soldier
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to three years for a veteran journalist on charges of “inciting hatred and hostility among...
Ousted CHP leader urges NATO allies not to see Erdoğan gov’t as Turkey’s only...
Ousted main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Özgür Özel has urged NATO allies meeting in Ankara not to treat President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s...
Celebrity gets suspended sentence for ‘insulting’ former soldier convicted of rape
A Turkish court has handed down a suspended sentence to popular actress Farah Zeynep Abdullah on insult charges due to her criticism of a...
Gülen movement group calls for independent coup inquiry on 10th anniversary
A US umbrella group for organizations inspired by the late Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has called for an independent investigation of Turkey’s 2016 coup...
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