Findings of Interior Ministry’s investigation into killing of Kurdish lawyer surface: report
The findings of an investigation conducted by inspectors from Turkey’s Interior Ministry into the killing of former Diyarbakır Bar Association chairman and human rights...
Prison authorities deny critically ill woman necessary medical care
Aysu Bayram, 46, a Turkish woman who suffers from Parkinson’s disease and also requires regular care for a liver transplant, said she has been...
Mezopotamya news agency reporter detained in SE Turkey
Turkish police have detained journalist Emrullah Acar, a reporter for the Mezopotamya news agency, in an early morning raid in southeastern Şanlıurfa province, Turkish...
Malaysia turned over Erdoğan’s critics to Turkey where they will be tortured
Ignoring human rights organization’s plea to not turn three Turkish nationals over to Turkey where they will be subjected to torture and abuse, Malaysian...
Turkish court arrests former prosecutor Sarıkaya on terrorism charges
Former Turkish public prosecutor Ferhat Sarıkaya, who was recently disbarred and subsequently detained, was arrested on Thursday on charges of membership in the Gülen...
Erdoğan’s lawyers ask Twitter to censor Carlos Latuff’s 11 cartoons
The legal team of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sent a court decision to Twitter ordering the censoring of 80 posts including...
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...
Police detain 24 in southern Turkey for attending commemoration ceremony for leftist figures
Turkish police on Thursday detained 24 people for attending a commemoration ceremony in May for three left-wing, revolutionary students who were executed in 1972,...
Number of Turkish generals decreases 40 pct after post-coup purges
The number of generals and admirals in the Turkish military has decreased decreased from 326 to 196 (40 percent) in wake of a controversial...
27-years-old mother with 11-months-old son found in Ankara’s Sincan prison
Yağmur Balcı, a 27-years-old mother, who disappeared together with his 11-months-old son in Trabzon Bahçecik Prison, has been found in Sincan Prison in Ankara...
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