Pro-gov’t journalist confesses MİT abducted, illegally questioned Gülen followers
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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...
27-year-old dorm manager detained while visiting hospital for treatment in Turkey
Muhammed B., the former manager of an Alanya-based student dormitory that the government earlier shuttered over its allged links to the Gülen movement, was detained at...
Gülmen and Özakça’s lawyer: They will end hunger strike when their voices are heard
Selçuk Kozağaçlı, the lawyer for imprisoned educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, has said the two will end their hunger strike when they feel...
Turkish police detain another woman shortly after delivery, bringing total to 16
Ayşe Kaya, 30-year-old woman who gave birth to a baby at Eslife Private Hospital in İstanbul’s Esenyurt district early on Tuesday, was reportedly detained...
Military officer arrested over alleged Gülen links talks about dire conditions in Turkish prisons...
A military officer who has been kept under pre-trial detention for one year due to his alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, has...
Two of eight detained lawyers still under police custody in Turkey
Eight lawyers, including two lawyers representing educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, who have been on hunger strike for over 138 days, were detained...
Adana woman who just gave birth to be detained by police in Turkey
A group of police officers have been waiting outside the Avrupa Hospital in the southern province of Adana in order to detain a woman...
Turkish police break man’s arm while detaining 47 protesters in Ankara
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Turkish police on Sunday detained 47 people including 22 women in Ankara protesting the arrest of Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two dismissed educators...
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