Police detain Islamic leader critical of AKP gov’t during religious ritual in SE Turkey
The leader of an anti-government religious group in Turkey was detained along with a number of his followers while performing a religious ritual peculiar...
I heard screams of women being raped at a Turkish detention center, says torture...
Erhan Doğan, who was tortured at a gymnasium-turned detention center in Turkey, recounted for the first time the torture he underwent and witnessed to...
Police officer accused of torturing former air force commander gets promoted
Elif Uzun Sümercan, a previous deputy chief of the Ankara Police Department’s counterterrorism unit who was accused of torturing former commander of the Turkish...
Turkish court sentences three journalists for ‘disseminating terrorist propaganda’
A Turkish court sentenced three journalists and editors of the now-shuttered Özgür Gündem newspaper to prison on charges of spreading "terrorist propaganda,” the Media...
1.77 mln investigations launched in Turkey on terrorism allegations from 2016 to 2021
A total of 1,768,000 investigations were launched into people in Turkey on allegations of membership in an armed terrorist organization between 2016 and 2021,...
Turkey detains 77 in latest operations over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained 77 people in nationwide operations in the past two weeks over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish Minute...
Strasbourg protest to call for ‘justice for everyone’ as Turkish rights violations, CoE inaction...
Thousands of Turkish expatriates are expected to gather in Strasbourg on Wednesday for the fourth annual demonstration outside the Council of Europe (CoE) and...
Turkish President Erdoğan postpones miners’ strike, citing national security concerns
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has halted a planned miners' strike in four provinces for 60 days, citing national security concerns, Turkish media reported.
The decision,...
Turkish court arrests student for receiving money from relatives abroad
Esengül Arslan, a 23-year-old nursing student in Istanbul, was arrested on Friday for receiving funds sent by her relatives abroad, which Turkish authorities have...
Turkish businessman arrested in Brazil, faces extradition to Turkey over Gulen links
Turkish-Brazilian dual national Mustafa Göktepe was arrested in São Paulo on Wednesday following an extradition request from the Turkish government over his links to...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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