Turkey detains 22 people over alleged Gülen links
Twenty-two people, including former military cadets and former police academy students, have been detained on warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors for alleged links to...
Turkish parliament fines opposition deputy for speech on strip-searches in prisons
Human rights defender and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu was fined by the Turkish parliament for a speech on strip-search cases...
Turkish police raid religious group’s main dormitory in İstanbul
Turkish police on Friday raided an İstanbul dormitory run by a religious group known as “Süleymancılar” and who identify themselves as “Süleymanlılar,” which has...
Erdoğan’s centralized presidential government has set back Turkey’s human rights record by decades: Human...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's centralized presidential government has set back Turkey's human rights record by decades, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its...
Criminal complaint filed against ex-AKP member over claims of guns delivered on coup night
Lawyers hired by the People’s Liberation Party (HKP), a left-wing populist political party in Turkey, filed a criminal complaint against a former member of...
UNDP announces initiative to bring vulnerable groups into labor force in Turkey’s quake-hit region
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced a new $2.5 million initiative to fill up to 3,500 vacant positions in the textile industry...
Opposition district mayor among 5 arrested in bribery investigation in Turkey
A Turkish court has jailed the mayor of the western resort town of Kuşadası in Aydın province and four others on bribery and extortion...
ECtHR Grand Chamber to examine case concerning Gülen movement trial in Turkey
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will examine the case of former teacher Yüksel Yalçınkaya, who was first dismissed...
Union calls for reinforcing hospitals in İstanbul against potential quake
The Health and Social Service Employees Union (SES) has called on Turkish authorities to reinforce hospital buildings in İstanbul against a potential earthquake, the...
YouTube journalist, man who read a poem in street interview arrested for insulting Erdoğan
A Turkish court on Friday ordered the arrest of YouTube journalist Hasan Köksoy and Halil Kürklü, who recited a poem during one of Köksoy’s...
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