Jailed police chief Atayün’s two children detained by Turkish police
Two children of Anadolu Atayün, a former legendary police chief who was jailed in wake of the corruption and bribery scandals on December 17-25,...
TİHV: Rights of 1,8 million people violated under curfews by Turkish gov’t
Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) has stated that at least 252 officially confirmed round-the-clock and open-ended curfews have violated the rights of 1,809,000...
Jailed woman exposes brutal treatments in Turkey’s prison
A 9-month pregnant woman who has been given a six-month suspended prison sentence has revealed the systematic patterns of maltreatment and repression in Turkish...
Minister son-in-law of Turkey’s Erdoğan: I would strangle Gülen supporters wherever I see them
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Addressing university students being sent abroad on scholarships, autocratic President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law and Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak...
Prisoners battered to blindness in ‘sponged rooms’ in Turkey’s infamous jail
Three inmates in İstanbul’s infamous Silivri Prison — Umut Gündüz Altın, Murat Yüksel and Musa Kurt — have been battered by more than 30...
HDP deputy claims Turkish coup suspect made to wear ‘hero’ T-shirt to introduce identical...
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) parliamentary group deputy chairman Ahmet Yıldırım said on Thursday that the government made jailed noncommissioned officer Gökhan Güçlü, a...
Turkey arrests 10 footbal fans over holding banner in support of hunger-striking educators
Turkish government has arrested 10 football fans of Beşiktaş football club, who held a banner saying "Let's Nuriye and Semih To Live" in a...
Turkey detains another woman on her way of Hajj on coup charges at İzmir...
A 58-year-old prospective Hajj pilgrim was reportedly detained on coup charges at İzmir’s Adnan Menderes Airport on Thursday night. According to a Twitter account...
Journalists deny accusations of taking part in Turkey’s controversial coup attempt, ask for release
Journalists who appeared before a judge on Wednesday at the İstanbul 25th High Criminal Court denied accusations of taking part in or supporting a...
Cartoonist Trivedi portrays 15 mothers and babies persecuted by despotic Erdoğan regime in Turkey
A world famous political cartoonist and free speech activist Aseem Trivedi has drawn cartoons of 15 mothers and their newly born babies, who have been detained...
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