İstanbul’s former governor Mutlu sentenced to 3 years in prison over Gülen links
Turkish court on Friday sentenced former İstanbul governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu to 3 years in prison and former police chief Hüseyin Çapkın to 2...
Turkish prosecutor issues detention warrant for pro-Kurdish HDP Co-chairperson Kemalbay
Turkish prosecutors on Friday issued a detention warrant for Serpil Kemalbay, co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP), just two days before a...
US says ‘deeply concerned’ about conviction of NASA scientist Serkan Gölge
US State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert said at a press briefing on Thursday that the United States is deeply concerned about the conviction earlier...
Turkish gov’t accused of recruiting, retraining ISIL militants to attack Afrin
The Turkish government has been recruiting and retraining jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in its ongoing offensive in Afrin...
No freedom of speech in Turkey even for the robots
A robot, that interrupted the speech of Ahmet Arslan, Turkish Minister of Transport and Communications, during a technology event in Ankara, was first silenced...
European Parliament strongly condemns human rights violations in Turkey
A large majority of the European Parliament (EP) has adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in Turkey, emphasizing the structural problems that...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens, including former top judiciary official, over alleged links to Gülen...
Turkish government has detained dozens of people, including judge Mehmet Kaya, the former secretary general of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK),...
Two more soldiers killed during Turkish military operation in Syria’s Afrin
Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a mortar attack by People’s Protection Units (YPG) militants in the northwestern Syrian district of Afrin, according to...
Turkish gov’t detains teacher couple after speaking out in an interview broadcasted by Finland’s...
A Turkish teacher couple, identified as Serdar A. and Merve A., were detained after Turkish authorities found out that they had spoken against the...
PPJ: Temporary rule of emergency in Turkey becomes ‘de facto permanent’ emergency regime
"The state of emergency (SoE) temporarily declared in Turkey has soon become a 'de facto permanent' emergency regime as a matter of convenience for...
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