Truckload of manure dumped near CHP ‘March of Justice’ camp in Düzce

An unidentified person dumped a truckload of manure near Turkey@s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) “March for Justice” camp in Düzce on Tuesday...

Turkish government launches probe into dismissed protestor Veli Saçılık

Turkish government has launched an investigation into sociologist and activist Veli Saçılık who has been carrying out a protest demanding to be returned to...

Mother with infant under arrest until husband surrenders self in Turkey

Dilek Sağlam, a teacher and mother of a 10-month-old baby, has been under arrest since June 12 because her husband could not be found...

111 prominent figures call on Turkish gov’t to take action for academics on hunger...

On the 111th day of a hunger strike launched by two academics, Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, who were fired from their jobs in...

Rights groups say Turkey experiencing worst period in terms of rights abuses due to...

Human rights groups in Turkey said on Monday that Turkey is experiencing its worst period in recent times in terms of human rights abuses...

Mother asks Turkish authorities for help in finding abducted son Okumuş

Upon Turkish authorities’ reluctance to start an investigation into the abduction of Murat Okumus, a 40-year-old accountant who was a manager at the government-closed...

Turkey’s Erdoğan calls for expanded witch hunt against Gülen followers

Having purged more than 150,000 people from state jobs and jailed over 50,000 due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkey's autocratic...

Germany vetoes Erdoğan’s guards wanted by US

German authorities have signaled that they do not want the members of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security detail who attacked protesters in...

At least 44 people, including AP reporter, detained by police at İstanbul’s banned LGBT...

At least 44 people were detained at the LGBT Pride March in İstanbul’s Taksim Square on Sunday, as tension rose after the İstanbul Governor’s...

CHP deputy questions PM Yıldırım about fate of 7 kidnapped people in Ankara

Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu submitted a parliamentary question to Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım about the fate...

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