Black humour: Erdoğan says no group’s freedom has deteriorated in 16 years of AKP...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that the freedom of no individual or an ethnic or religious group had deteriorated in Turkey...
Turkey jails 20 more people in widening Süleymanlılar investigation
A Turkish court has jailed 20 more people pending trial in an expanding investigation targeting the Süleymanlılar religious community and businesses linked to its...
Journalist describes unlawful strip search in ‘terrorism’ investigation
Journalist Erdoğan Alayumat claimed he was subjected to an unlawful strip search following his detention on Monday as part of a "terrorism" investigation, the...
Social media is a ‘threat to democracy,’ Erdoğan says
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan described social media on Saturday as one of the main threats to democracy, The Associated Press reported.
Erdoğan’s government plans...
Turkish court sentences German citizen to prison on terrorism charges
A Turkish court on Friday sentenced a German man, identified as Patrick K., to six years, three months in prison on charges of membership...
Family, lawyer urge release of Kurdish singer as health worsens
The family and lawyer of Kurdish singer Nûdem Durak, who has spent more than 11 years in prison under sentences totaling 19-and-a-half years, have...
Turkey uses post-9/11 counterterrorism model to target critics in exile: report
Turkey has used strategies similar to post-9/11 US counterterrorism practices to crack down on critics in exile, particularly members of the Gülen movement, Turkish...
2-year-old dies from the cold due to alleged negligence on the part of electrical...
A 2-year-old child died from the cold on December 12 in Turkey's southeastern Diyarbakır province after the Dicle Electric Distribution Company (DEDAŞ) failed to...
Memorial to victims of Ankara terrorist attack vandalized, painted gray by city
The October 10 Memorial, which was erected in commemoration of the 103 victims of a 2015 terrorist attack in Ankara, was painted gray by...
Turkish journalist jailed over report alleging expired meat served at public hospital
A Turkish court on Tuesday jailed local journalist Hasan Güraksu under Turkey’s disinformation law over a report alleging that expired meat was being used...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...