Forty academics from Istanbul University charged with terror over alleged Gülen links
Forty Istanbul University academics, who have been accused of terrorism over alleged links to Gülen movement, appeared in an İstanbul court on Tuesday.
Ten out...
İHD Co-Chair Keskin: UN’s WHO should investigate Turkish prisons
The Human Rights Association (IHD) Co-chair Eren Keskin has called the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate Turkish prisons to assess the situation...
Freedom House: Turkey posts second worst decline in freedoms in a decade
Turkey has shared the second most dramatic decline in freedoms in the last decade with African nation Gambia, according to new ranking by Freedom...
The assets of the Kurdish Institute of Istanbul seized
Assets of the Kurdish Institute of Istanbul, which was closed down in December 2016, have been seized by Turkish government through the Saving Deposits...
DİTİB claims hate speech among members against Jews, Christians not known by administration
The German-based Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) has claimed that its central administration was not aware of anti-Semitic and anti-Christian messages posted by...
HDP spokesperson Bilgen arrested on terror charges
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and party spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen was arrested on terror charges on Tuesday, one day after his detention on...
PURGE IN PAST 10 DAYS: 1,325 detained, 652 arrested in post-coup operations
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and...
Main Opposition CHP’s Party Council Member Kadıgil released by court
Sera Kadıgil, a member of the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) Party Council has been released by 6t Penal Court of Peace in İstanbul, but...
Turkey’s harassment of critics abroad reached to South Africa
The outgoing Turkish ambassador in South Africa has openly admitted that the harassment of members of Gulen movement who seek refuge in African nation...
Pro-Kurdish HDP’s Deputy Meral Danış Beştaş arrested
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Beştaş, who was detained and then released after she gave her testimony on Saturday, was arrested...
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