TURKEY PURGE IN PAST 30 DAYS: 2,840 detained, 1,089 jailed over alleged links to...

Turkish government’s massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged followers of the Gülen movement and Kurdish groups has continued throughout July 2017 and at least 2840 people...

HDP continues nationwide protest in İstanbul park

https://youtu.be/RCq-CoY9IQQ Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies gathered at a park in İstanbul’s Kadıköy district as part of a series of protests that will continue...

Yet another woman detained in Turkey due to alleged Gülen links shortly after delivery

Sultan Çetintaş, who gave birth on Monday to her third child in the Turkish province of İzmir, was detained on Tuesday over alleged links...

Turkish prison guards force journalist Acar to undergo barber’s shears

Guards forced journalist Cihan Acar, who has been behind bars in Silivri Prison since July 29, 2016, to get a haircut against his will,...

CHP deputy asks PM to stop arrest of women after giving birth in Turkey

Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has asked Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım to halt the practice of arresting women immediately after...

Hunger strikers Gülmen, Özakça kept in prison hospital under dire conditions

Imprisoned educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, who are on the 145th day of a hunger strike they launched to be able to return...

Request by CHP deputies to visit jailed hunger strikers remains unanswered

A main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy told the Cumhuriyet daily that a request by fellow party members to visit two jailed hunger...

Pro-gov’t journalist confesses MİT abducted, illegally questioned Gülen followers

https://youtu.be/AtRHqMN1bFA Abdurrahman Şimşek, Sabah’s special editor for intelligence reporting, admitted on Friday that Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) abducted several people who have links to...

1,963 die due to work-related accidents during OHAL period in Turkey

The İstanbul Council for Worker Health and Work Safety (İSİG) has reported that at least 1,963 workers, including 51 child laborers and 74 refugees,...

Detained woman, newborn baby transferred to police station 240 km away from home in...

Detained hours after giving birth at a private hospital in İstanbul early on Tuesday, a woman named Ayşe Kaya has been transferred to a...

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