Turkish colleagues appeal int’l community for Journalist Parıldak: Please be Ayşenur’s hope, before it’s...
A group of Turkish journalists who identify themselves as "Ayşenur’s Journalist Colleagues" have appealed the international community and international civil society organizations to "do not leave...
Daughter: Death of Turkish writer who fell from balcony during police raid suspicious
Şeyma Ölmez, the daughter of Turkish writer Mustafa Hikmet Kayapalı who passed away after allegedly falling from a three-storey-building in the Balıkesir province in May...
Banker, jailed unlawfully, faces health troubles in Turkish prison
A bank manager who had been working for Turkey’s one-time largest Islamic lender Bank Asya risks deaths over serious complications of his health in...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 143 people affiliated with Gülen linked 36 CSOs...
Turkish government has detained dozens of people while detention warrants issued for hundreds on Wednesday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign...
Turkey persecutes 20 lawyers between 2 and 11 years of prison sentences over alleged...
Turkish government persecuted 20 lawyers, who have been in prison for 15 months, on Friday with prison sentences between 2 and 11 years of...
COMMENTARY — What is the reason of this grudge to Turkish Journalist Hidayet Karaca?
By Metin Yıkar*
It has been over three years since one of the most brilliant names of the Turkish media industry Hidayet Karaca was confined...
Turkey witnesses yet another family tragedy under rule of emergency over alleged links to...
A Turkish woman in Turkey's Denizli province has killed his disabled son and committed suicide because of the unbearable stress and psychological pressures stem...
Abduction of 6 Turks in Kosovo point to Turkish embassies’ key role in illegal...
The recent abduction of six Turkish nationals who were affiliated with the Gülen movement in Kosovo has confirmed the key role of Turkish embassies...
Abducted Turkish citizen subjected to heavy torture at Ankara Organized Crime Bureau
Ümit Horzum, a Turkish citizen who was abducted from his car in Ankara on December 6, 2017 and handed over to the Ankara police last...
Report: Turkish man in police custody for 7 days loses mental health
A report by the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) shows that a Turkish man who was kept under police custody for 7 days in...
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