Turkish TV station investigated for hosting former football star sought on Gülen links
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog has initiated an investigation into a TV station for hosting former national football player Hakan Şükür, who is sought by Turkey...
Union chair arrested on Erdoğan insult charges after remarks on bread consumption
A Turkish court has arrested the head of a bakers union in İstanbul after he implicitly criticized the government over Turks’ excessive bread consumption,...
ECtHR says Turkey arrested pro-Kurdish politicians to stifle pluralism, orders their release
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkey had violated the rights of 13 former lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’...
Erdoğan labels journalist in exile a ‘terrorist,’ demands his extradition from Swedish PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has demanded the extradition of a Turkish journalist in exile in Sweden whom he called a “terrorist,” during a...
Turkey detains 60 over alleged Gülen links including former and active duty members of...
Turkish police have detained 60 of 77 people named in detention warrants in İstanbul, İzmir and Ankara, including active duty and former military officers...
Police briefly detained 121 people during demonstration against Turkey’s alleged use of chemical weapons...
One hundred twenty-one people were briefly detained during a demonstration in İstanbul on Sunday protesting the Turkish armed forces’ alleged use of chemical weapons...
German Medical Association calls for release of physician arrested over chemical weapons remarks
Dr. Klaus Reinhardt, president of the German Medical Association, has called on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to ensure the release of the head of...
Alevis protest against controversial omnibus bill for failing to address their demands
Alevi organizations on Tuesday staged a protest against an omnibus bill concerning Alevi houses of worship (cemevis) in Turkey, which was adopted by a...
Chomsky suggests sending independent team to northern Iraq to investigate use of chemical weapons...
Professor Noam Chomsky, a well-known American linguist, philosopher and political activist, said in an interview with the Medya Haber news website that an independent...
HRW accuses Turkish authorities of disrupting water supply to Syria amid cholera outbreak
The New-York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Turkish authorities of exacerbating an acute water crisis that is believed to have given rise...
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