Turkey targets dessert chain in latest crackdown on Gülen movement, 33 detained
Turkish police detained 33 people on Monday in dawn raids targeting a popular dessert chain over alleged fundraising for the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish...
Uyghurs in Turkey urge UN rights chief to probe China ‘re-education camps’
Turkey’s Uyghur Muslims on Tuesday urged the UN human rights chief to independently investigate the so-called “re-education camps” and allegations of rights abuses, torture...
Women visitors strip-searched, headscarves removed at Turkish prison: report
The Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) has accused prison authorities in southeastern Turkey of systematically subjecting visitors to the facility, particularly women and...
Dismissed academic gets 10 years in prison on terrorism charges
A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of 10 years to an academic who had been dismissed from her job in the...
Far-right leader sentenced to more than 2 years, released after 148 days in pretrial...
Ümit Özdağ, the head of Turkey’s ultranationalist Victory Party, was released due to time served from İstanbul’s Silivri Prison on Monday after being sentenced...
Turkey to seek extradition of 33 political dissidents from Sweden, Finland
Turkey’s justice minister said Wednesday that his ministry will seek the extradition of 33 political dissidents from Sweden and Finland under a deal to...
Public anger grows as wildfires rage in Turkey amid government inaction and media silence
Wildfires tearing through three provinces in Turkey have sparked public outrage, with residents turning to social media to condemn what they describe as government...
Document proves opposition claims of gov’t agency retrieving personal data of Internet users
A document revealed on the Medyascope news website has proven opposition claims that Turkey’s Telecommunications Authority (BTK), operating under the Ministry of Transport and...
Turkish police reportedly beat and detain a family for listening to Kurdish music
Turkish police reportedly beat and detained a group of family members in Istanbul after they were found listening to Kurdish songs, leading to the...
25-year-old man dies under suspicious circumstances at police station in Manisa province
A 25-year-old man died last night under suspicious circumstances at a police station in the western Turkish province of Manisa, the Duvar news website...
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