US State Department: Turkey should release Pastor Brunson immediately

Turkey should release American pastor Andrew Brunson “now,” the US State Department said, repeating a warning that the country faces sanctions should it fail...

Judge suspended amid allegations of corruption in judiciary

Turkey’s top judicial body, the Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), has suspended a judge following the leveling of corruption allegations about him by...

[Interview] Ruth Ben-Ghiat: ‘Any society can be susceptible to strongman figures if it’s the...

American historian and political commentator Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat said in an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom that any society can be susceptible...

COMMENTARY — NATO faces serious risks with purges in Turkey’s military

By Abdullah Bozkurt NATO allies, especially Greece, must be alarmed by recent promotions of neo-nationalists in the Turkish military with the approval of President Recep...

Human rights advocates criticize arbitrary solitary confinement in Turkish prisons

Turkish human rights advocates have criticized prison authorities for arbitrarily imposing solitary confinement as a punishment for inmates, the Bianet news website reported.  In a statement...

Former MP, rights defender Gergerlioğlu released from prison after top court’s ruling

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a human rights defender and former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who was was stripped of his parliamentary...
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Turkish gov’t detains 11 military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement

The Turkish government on Friday detained 11 military officers who were dismissed by government decree under a now-ended state of emergency as part of...

Travel ban imposed on son of Somali president over fatal accident lifted after court...

Turkish prosecutors lifted a travel ban on Mohamed Hassan Sheik Mohamud, the son of Somali President Hasan Sheikh Mohamud, after he testified in court...

İnandı kidnapped by 3 Kyrgyz men, put on plane after several hours in a...

Orhan İnandı, Turkish-Kyrgyz educator rendered from Kyrgyzstan by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), was kidnapped by three Kyrgyz men, blindfolded and driven  for several...

154 people trying to flee persecution in Turkey detained at border in 2 years

One hundred fifty-four people have been detained over alleged Gülen links while trying to flee Turkey by illegally crossing the Bulgarian or Greek borders...
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