11 people trying to flee to Greece detained over alleged Gülen links
Eleven people claimed to be members of the faith-based Gülen movement have been detained in the seaside resort town of Marmaris in southwestern Turkey...
Ultranationalist issued threats, posted photos with assault weapons before attacking HDP office
Onur Gencer, 27, who on Thursday admittedly killed a woman in an attack on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) office in İzmir, had...
Bursa Mayor Aktaş refuses to provide hearse for 3 drowned Turkish refugees, including 2...
Bursa Mayor Alinur Aktaş, who was appointed by Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to replace the elected mayor, has refused to...
European institutions raise alarm over local democracy in Turkey in joint letter
Representatives from several major European institutions have sent a rare joint letter to Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi, expressing concern over the state of local democracy,...
Turkey blocks access to DW domains aimed at circumventing censorship
An Ankara court has blocked access to two domains operated by Deutsche Welle to publish news after its Turkish service was censored by authorities,...
Police use force to disperse attendees of Pride Week picnic in İstanbul’s Maçka Park
Turkish police used force to disperse a group of people attending a picnic Tuesday in İstanbul's Maçka Park to celebrate Pride Week, Turkish media...
Turkish gov’t detains 15 people over their alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained 15 people, including military officers and cadet candidates, on Friday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
Human rights crisis in Turkey deepens, say rights organizations
Human rights organizations in Turkey said the human rights crisis in the country has deepened in the last few years, adding that the Justice...
Son, 3 others detained while demanding ex-MP’s release from prison
The son of a former member of the Turkish legislature who was stripped of his parliamentary status in March and subsequently jailed on conviction...
Turkey’s main opposition CHP’s jailed deputy Berberoğlu quits medication in protest
Enis Berberoğlu, a jailed deputy from Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has refused to take medication he has been prescribed in protest...
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