Turkey detains 32 more over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police detained 32 individuals in their homes on Tuesday over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in a series of coordinated operations...
Study reveals 60 percent of Turks have witnessed violence against women
A new study has revealed that almost 60 percent of Turks have witnessed violence against women in their immediate environment amid calls for reinstatement...
Turkey blocks access to 7 news websites critical of AKP gov’t
Turkish authorities have banned access to seven news websites with a socialist editorial stance critical of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Turkish...
Civil servant abducted by Turkish intelligence forced to testify against opposition deputies while in...
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a deputy from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), said during budget talks on Friday that a man who was abducted and...
Politicians, journalists among 37 detained in İstanbul-based counterterrorism operation
A total of 37 people, including pro-Kurdish and leftist politicians, journalists and activists, were detained as part of an İstanbul-based counterterrorism operation carried out...
Official documents reveal illegal profiling of alleged Gülen movement followers
Official documents shared on Twitter by a former prosecutor showed how Ministry of Health bureaucrats profiled alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in...
Turkey arrests former judge in ongoing crackdown on Gülen movement
Turkish authorities have arrested a former judge who was being sought due to his alleged ties to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group that...
Facebook bans pro-Kurdish rights Mezopotamya news agency’s account
Facebook has banned the verified account of the pro-Kurdish rights Mezopotamya news agency (MA), which had 100,000 followers, the Bianet news web site reported...
Turkey’s top court overturns aggravated life sentence in brutal femicide case
Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the aggravated life sentence of a man who brutally murdered a young woman in 2020, sparking outrage...
Gendarmes escort father to son’s funeral in handcuffs
The imprisoned father of Bahadır Odabaşı, a 16-year-old who recently died by suicide in Turkey's Diyarbakır province, was escorted to his son's funeral yesterday...
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