Minister on harassed student: I won’t allow pressure on police over a woman with...
Turkish Minister of Interior Affairs Süleyman Soylu said on Wednesday that he would not let the police be pressured over a university student whose...
Turkey’s pro-Erdoğan thugs launch a campaign of insult targeting those who have to live...
Turkey's pro-Erdoğan thugs in abroad have launched a new method of systematic intimidation targeting the dissent people who have to live in exile because...
Turkish police search abducted man’s house in Ankara
Police teams searched the house of Turgut Çapan, a former employee of Turgut Özal University who mysteriously went missing in Turkey’s capital of Ankara...
CoE’s annual report shows record increase in Turkish prison population
Data released in an annual Council of Europe (CoE) report has revealed an explosion in the prison population of Turkey, with a record increase of...
Turkey’s İHD warns health of 4 prisoners on hunger strike deteriorating
The Prison Commission of Turkey's Human Rights Association's (İHD) İstanbul Branch has issued a warning on the condition of political prisoners Ergin Aktaş, Dicle...
Mother with 6-month-old baby detained in Balıkesir, sent to Tekirdağ for interrogation
Ayşe Büyükgezici, the mother of a six-month-old baby boy, was reportedly detained in Balıkesir over alleged links to the Gülen movement and sent to...
Turkish teachers: No satisfactory explanation made by Pakistani officials over abduction of Kaçmaz family
A group of students, teachers and executives from Pak-Turk schools in Islamabad on Thursday called on Pakistan government to provide information about a Turkish...
Canadian HR activist to jailed Turkish journalist Parıldak: We love you, think of you,...
"Please know that we love you, think of you, and do our best to make sure the world knows you. You are not alone....
Abducted Turkish citizen Ümit Horzum delivered to police after 133 days of disappearance
Turkish citizen Ümit Horzum, who was kidnapped in Turkey’s capital of Ankara on December 6, 2017 over his alleged affiliation to the Gülen movement, was...
Journalist Aslı Ceren Aslan arrested in Şanlıurfa
It has been reported that the editor-in-chief of Özgür Gelecek newspaper, Aslı Ceren Aslan, who was detained on Feb. 5, 2017 in Şanlıurfa, has...
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