Amid grief over jailed father, 12-year-old Turkish boy not responding to cancer treatment
Muhammed Eray Özkul, the 12-year-old son of the Zonguldak-based former police officer Ender Özkul who was jailed in the aftermath of the controversial coup...
Cancer patient woman seeks whereabouts of son abducted in Turkey’s capital
The mother of Ümit Horzum, a dismissed public servant who was reportedly abducted from his car in Ankara earlier this month, has asked for...
Turkish gov’t keeps woman with heavy Alzheimer’s in jail for 15 months over witness’...
Turkish government has jailed Fatma Bektaş, who has many illnesses such as heavy Alzheimer's, cardiac and herniated disc, pending trial for 15 months. Bektaş,...
Turkish gov’t obliges alleged terror suspects, convicts in Turkey to wear Guantanamo-like single-type uniforms
Turkish government has issued a new post-coup executive decree (KHK) under the rule of emergency to oblige all suspects and convicts under arrest in...
Turkish government’s persecution targeting dissident academics goes on with sham trials
Turkish government's systematic persecution campaign targeting dissident academicians has went on through sham trials on the courts instructed and controlled by government across Turkey.
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Turkish gov’t sends teacher with baby to prison in 10 days for allegedly ‘praising...
Ayşe Çelik, a Turkish teacher who was sentenced to one year and three months in prison for allegedly “praising terrorism and a terrorist organization”...
Survey: 89 pct of Turkish youth sees homosexuals as ‘other’, perceives them as ‘threat’
A study has showed that 89 percent of Turkish youth defines homosexuals as 'other' and perceives them as a 'threat' while 86 percent of them...
Turkey’s OHAL commission makes first decisions on dismissed public sector staff
Turkey’s State of Emergency (OHAL) Procedures Investigation Commission made its first decisions on Friday on public sector staff who were dismissed by the government...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens, convicts 59 academicians over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has continued to detain dozens of people and convicted 84 people, including 59 academics, across Turkey on Friday as part of its...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan’s war budget signals Turkey set for a darker path
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The dramatic increase in the budget of the Interior Ministry, which is responsible for the main law enforcement agencies in Turkey, is...
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