Turkey arrests 182 in latest operations over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have arrested 182 of 298 people detained in nationwide operations over the past two weeks over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
11 detained over Nevruz celebration in southern Turkey
Eleven people were detained on Friday as a result of an investigation into a celebration in Turkey’s southern province of Mersin in March to...
Former district governors are being tortured at Ankara Police Department, former deputy says
Thirty-seven former district governors who have been in detention at the Ankara Police Department for the past eight days are being tortured and mistreated,...
45 jurists dismissed and 3 judges, who released 21 journalists, suspended over Gülen links
Forty five judges and prosecutors have been dismissed while three judges who have decided to release 21 jailed journalists on Friday, have been suspended by...
Police raid another main opposition-run municipality in southern Turkey
Turkish police on Wednesday raided city hall in the opposition-run Mersin Metropolitan Municipality in southern Turkey as part of a corruption investigation, a move...
Turkish woman wounded in attack at Sweden’s honorary consulate
A Turkish woman employee was seriously wounded in an armed attack on Tuesday at Sweden’s honorary consulate in the western province of İzmir, Agence...
Workers gathering to make May Day statement beaten and detained by police
Workers who wanted to read out a statement about their May 1 International Workers' Day program were beaten and detained by the police in...
Turkish gov’t dismisses 38 more diplomats with latest decree over alleged Gülen links
The Turkish government dismissed 38 diplomats including deputy chiefs of mission from Turkey's Foreign Ministry over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, part of...
Video of Turkish purge victim reflecting on years of hardship goes viral after death
Talha Dalkıran, a former teacher who was dismissed by an emergency decree over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement following a 2016 coup...
25 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in July
Twenty-five women were murdered by men in Turkey in July, while nine died under suspicious circumstances, according to data from the We Will Stop Femicide Platform...
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