CPJ: Turkey should cease filing bogus terrorism charges against the press

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in a news alert issued on August 31 called on Turkish authorities to "drop all charges against journalists...

11-year-old’s talk of suicide after mother jailed underscores toll of Gülen-linked cases in Turkey

An 11‑year‑old in Turkey has begun saying he wants to kill himself since his mother’s recent detention over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...

Minister son-in-law of Turkey’s Erdoğan: I would strangle Gülen supporters wherever I see them

https://youtu.be/1OJZU71gWB0 Addressing university students being sent abroad on scholarships, autocratic President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law and Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak...

66 face legal action over social media posts about Turkey’s wildfires

Legal action has been taken against 66 people due to their social media posts about the wildfires that have been ravaging Turkey’ southern and...
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Turkey detains 29 people over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police have detained 29 people over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-owned Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) reported...

Femicide victim was told by police to deal with abuse herself, witness testimony reveals

Remziye Yoldaş, who was murdered by her husband Veysi Yoldaş in August 2020, was told to "deal with it yourself” by police officers when...

Turkey’s dismissed academics want their passports back after state of emergency lifted

Turkish academics who were dismissed from their jobs by government decrees during a two-year-long state of emergency have started a campaign on social media...

3 journalists released under judicial supervision after detention over İncirlik footage

Three journalists detained over video footage filmed near İncirlik Air Base in southern Turkey have been released under judicial supervision, Turkish Minute reported, citing the Media...

Turkey’s autocratic President Erdoğan’s spying, profiling expands in Norway

Two more Norwegian NGOs with links to Turkish government were involved in what appears to be illegal profiling and surveillance of critics and opponents...

Attacks on Syrian refugees, their properties intensify in Ankara on second day

Attacks on Syrian refugees, their houses, workplaces and cars by locals chanting anti-Syrian and fascist slogans continued for a second day in Ankara’s Altındağ...

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