Journalist not released despite witness claims to have signed testimonies under torture
A Hakkari court on Wednesday declined to release journalist Nedim Türfent although 12 of 13 witnesses retracted their written testimonies and said they were...
Turkey sends CHP deputy Berberoğlu to jail over story on MİT trucks carrying weapons...
A high criminal court in İstanbul on Wednesday handed down a prison sentence of 25 years to main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy...
Turkish government detains 78 lawyers over alleged links to Gülen movement on Wednesday
Turkish police has detained 78 lawyers in an investigation as part of Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members of...
COMMENTARY — Turkey intel knew ISIL suicide bomber, his accomplices in the murder of...
By Abdullah Bozkurt
As in many recent cases involving Jihadists and radical militants, it came as no surprise to trace the footprints of Turkish intelligence...
In a letter, a jailed woman reveals abuse and ill-treatment in Turkish prison
A letter by a jailed Turkish woman who wrote to her aunt from Konya prison revealed the ill-treatment of detainees who were subjected to...
Yet another woman who just gave birth faces detention over alleged Gülen links
Elif Coşkun, who just gave birth on Monday night in Turkey’s western province of İzmir, will allegedly be taken into custody in the hospital...
Report: 161,751 people detained, 50,334 people arrested in Turkey over alleged Gülen links
At least 161,751 people were detained and 50,334 people were arrested in Turkey in the framework of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign...
Turkey’s main opposition CHP reiterates in report July 15 was ‘controlled’ coup attempt
A report drafted by Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 has repeated...
ECtHR decides dismissed civil servants to challenge before Commission by ignoring lack of rule...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided Turkish civil servants, who have been dismissed after the failed coup attempt on July 15,...
Qatari police detain Turkish family members allegedly linked to Gülen movement
The Qatari police have detained five members of a Turkish family who are allegedly linked to the faith-based Gülen movement while the family was...
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