Hate speech against Gülen movement escalates as pro-Erdoğan propagandist calls for extermination
Journalist Fatih Tezcan, a pro-Erdoğan propagandist, on Tuesday said on a live YouTube broadcast that followers of the Gülen movement should be massacred right...
Jailed Turkish journalist Erdal says her biggest need is for justice and freedom
Hanım Büşra Erdal, one of the dozens of journalists who were arrested because they used to work for Turkish media outlets affiliated with the...
HRW: Prosecutions of alleged followers of Gülen movement lack of evidence, criminal activity
New York-based international human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has highlighted worsening situation with regards to human rights, rule of law, freedom of...
Toll of Turkish air strike in Iraq rises to eight
The death toll in a Turkish air raid on a clinic in Iraq’s Sinjar province has risen to eight, local officials said Wednesday, a...
48 people ordered to hospitals in İstanbul on suspicion of anthrax contact
Following the detection of anthrax in Ankara, Sivas and İstanbul, Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca on Sunday said 48 people were summoned to hospitals...
Suspicious deaths and suicides on the rise in Turkey with 54 people in last...
Against the background of massive crackdown on critics and opponents in Turkey and widespread torture practices in detentions and prisons, 54 people were reported...
We won’t leave political arena even if HDP is closed down, senior pro-Kurdish party...
Saruhan Oluç, deputy chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party's (HDP) parliamentary group, on Thursday said they wouldn’t leave the political arena even if...
Turkey charges 5 students with terrorism for following pro-Kurdish HDP’s former leader on Twitter
Five students from Turkey's Amasya University face up to five years in prison on terrorism charges stemming from their social media activities, according to...
Top election authority overturns annulment of pro-Kurdish party candidate’s election victory
Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) on Wednesday approved an appeal made by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) against a decision...
3.6 million jobs lost during pandemic in Turkey with women hit hardest: report
A total of 3.6 million jobs in Turkey have been lost since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with women the most affected, according...
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