Dismissed police officer found dead in Turkey’s Konya province

Melikşah Kültür, a 41-year-old former police officer, who was dismissed as part of an administrative investigation launched against him, was found dead at an...

Turkey’s Erdoğan regime extends post-coup witch hunt targeting Gülen followers abroad

Turkey, under the autocratic rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has stepped up its witch hunt against the alleged members of Gülen movement abroad,...

Turkish professor diagnosed with cancer denied passport although acquitted of all charges

Haluk Savaş, a Turkish professor of psychiatry who was expelled from his university by a government decree, has been denied a passport despite the...

Turkish teacher, jailed over alleged Gülen links, gives birth to her 3rd child in...

Under arrest as part of Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged followers of the Gülen movement since Nov. 3, 2016, history...

H. Büşra Erdal, author, reporter and lawyer, faces 15 years in jail for her...

An author, lawyer and journalist who made a career and a name for herself from years of working as a court reporter who chased...

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...

Under threat of arrest in US, Erdoğan leaves his security detail at home

Members of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security detail who were indicted in the US for violently attacking protesters in Washington, D.C., in...
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22 prison staff members detained over alleged torture, mistreatment and embezzlement

Twenty-two prison staff members, comprising guards and two administrators, have been detained on warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors for alleged torture and mistreatment of...

UN Human Rights Council calls on Turkish gov’t to release Kaçmaz couple immediately

The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the UN Human Rights Council has called on the Turkish government to immediately release Mesut Kaçmaz and...

Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 133 former public servants over alleged Gülen links

Turkish government has issued detention warrants for 133 public servants, including 4 people on active duties, on Thursday over their alleged links to Gülen...

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