I felt encouraged to speak out against China after NBA supported players fighting other...
“I felt encouraged to speak out against China after NBA officials said they were giving their players the freedom to talk about injustices happening...
Erdoğan claims Turkish universities stronger, freer than ever
Turkey’s universities have never been as strong and as free as they are today, Russia's Sputnik news quoted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as saying...
Turkey freezes pension of jailed Islamic preacher and Erdoğan critic Alparslan Kuytul
Turkish authorities have frozen the pension of jailed Islamic preacher and government critic Alparslan Kuytul, which his daughter said was the family’s sole source...
Job candidate dies by suicide after controversial interview rejection despite top score
Doğuş Can Kavaklı, a 22-year-old who jumped to his death from the sixth floor of his dormitory in Samsun on October 2, had reportedly...
Imam punished for contradicting Erdoğan’s accusations against Gezi protestors is suffering from kidney failure
Fuat Yıldırım, the former deputy imam (müezzin) of İstanbul's historic Bezmiâlem Valide Sultan Mosque during the 2013 Gezi protests who was appointed to a...
Jailed Turkish businessman Kavala says would be uncomfortable if released in deal with Europe
Jailed Turkish businessman and political activist Osman Kavala has said he would be uncomfortable if he were released by a court in Turkey as...
Council of Europe urges Turkey to free jailed Kurdish politicians
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has called on Turkey to immediately release jailed Kurdish politicians Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ Şenoğlu, repeating...
Sweden deporting Turkish national to Kosovo violates Convention against Torture, UN body warns Sweden
The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) decided that Sweden’s decision to deport a Turkish national tied to the faith based Gülen movement to Kosovo...
24,253 officers dismissed from Turkish military in post-coup purge
A total of 24,253 military members have been dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in a post-coup purge that started after an abortive...
Jailed journalist Mustafa Ünal about Turkish gov’t: They are strong, I am right
Mustafa Ünal (50), a veteran journalist and former Ankara bureau chief for the shuttered Zaman daily, said in a letter from İstanbul's notorious Silivri Prison,...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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