Turkish police re-detain Kurdish Mayor Yaşar after her release from prison
Figen Yaşar, the Kurdish co-mayor of the Bulanık district of Muş province, was again taken into custody by police on Wednesday following her release...
Turkish comedian detained over joke about Ottoman sultan
Turkish comedian Tuba Ulu was detained after making a joke about Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent during a stand-up performance, Turkish Minute reported.
The İstanbul...
Iraq says drone that killed three Kurdish officers came from Turkey
A senior military official in Baghdad said Tuesday that a drone that killed three Kurdish counterterrorism officers had originated in neighboring Turkey and condemned...
Counterterrorism police raid home of local journalist for reporting on municipal corruption
Hasan Tolga Balcılar, a local journalist in the southern city of Osmaniye, said his house was raided three times in a week after he...
5 Turkish pilots who thwarted putschists in 2016 suspended, detained over Gülen movement links
Five pilots who played a critical role in foiling a controversial coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 have been suspended from duty,...
12 arrested among 33 detained in operation targeting main opposition-run municipality
Turkish courts have arrested 12 of 33 people detained in an operation targeting a district municipality run by the main opposition Republican People’s Party...
Top court orders retrial for opposition MP convicted for criticizing pro-gov’t businessman
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ordered a retrial in the case of an opposition lawmaker who received a suspended sentence for an opinion piece in...
In Kenya, mystery and silence over Gülen abduction
How did a foreign citizen disappear from Kenya’s police headquarters and end up under arrest in Turkey, despite a court order banning his extradition?
A...
Body of Turkey’s purge victim family’s 2nd child found in Evros River
The body of five-year-old Mesut Akçabay, who went missing along with his mother and two other siblings on July 19 when the boat carrying...
Turkey deepened rights crackdown, impunity in 2025: Amnesty International
Turkey saw worsening restrictions on human rights, mounting prosecutions of rights defenders, growing political pressure on the judiciary and a deepening culture of impunity...
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