Turkish authorities arrest pregnant Turkish asylum-seeker pushed back by Greece
A four-months-pregnant woman was arrested on Friday in Turkey’s Izmir province after being pushed back from Greece, where she had fled to seek asylum,...
Turkish regulator suspends pro-opposition Halk TV, TELE1 broadcasts for 5 days
İlhan Taşcı, a member of Turkey’s broadcast regulator, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), announced on Twitter today that RTÜK has ruled to...
RTÜK hits pro-opposition network with broadcasting ban, fine
Turkey’s broadcast regulator has imposed a broadcasting ban and a fine on an opposition-affiliated TV station over remarks made during a political commentary program,...
Political prisoners in İzmir’s Şakran Prison write joint letter complaining of increasing pressure and...
Inmates in Izmir’s Şakran Prison in a joint letter directed to the public said there was increasing pressure and mistreatment of political prisoners in...
Turkey has detained more than 282,000, arrested 94,000 since 2016 failed coup
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said Wednesday, on the fourth anniversary of a failed military putsch, that a total of 282,790 people have been...
Turkish gov’t creates enemies to justify crackdown, opposition leader says
A senior leader of Turkey’s beleaguered main opposition party accused the government of fabricating enemies in a politically motivated crackdown to reassert control after...
Former teacher acquitted after ECtHR ruling on violation of his rights
Former teacher Yasin Özdemir, who was sentenced to seven months, 15 days in prison for his alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, was...
Turkey’s top appeals court overturns prison sentences of privates in 2016 coup case: report
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned a decision by a lower court sentencing 14 privates to life in prison on charges of involvement...
Turkey arrests 39 more people in latest raids targeting alleged Gülen followers: minister
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Saturday that 39 people had been jailed pending trial following nationwide raids over the past 10 days...
Mass detention of Gülen followers over donations sparks condemnation and anger
Politicians and human rights activists from Turkey and around the world have expressed anger, disappointment and condemnation over the mass detention of people affiliated...
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