Hunger strike of Gülmen and Özakça enters a critical stage on 57th day
Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, a university academic and a school teacher who are among tens of thousands of victims dismissed by notorious government...
Stockholm Center for Freedom calls on Malaysia to stop persecuting Turkish nationals
Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF), a monitoring group on rights violations in Turkey, remain highly concerned on the pattern of abductions, detentions and forcible...
6 and 7 year-old brothers killed by allegedly drunk police officers in Turkey’s Silopi
Armored vehicle driven by allegedly drunk policemen patrolling in Karşıyaka neighborhood in southeastern province Şırnak's Silopi district crashed into a home on Wednesday night...
Malaysia gov’t does Erdoğan’s bidding in persecuting Gülen movement members
The crackdown by Malaysia government on critics and opponents of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Kuala Lumpur, appeared to have taken place...
Teacher dies after allegedly falling from balcony as police raid home to detain
Gültekin Payat, a 41-year-old teacher with an outstanding arrest warrant issued against him as part of a post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the Gülen movement,...
Turkish journalist under suicide risk re-arrested a few hours after release
Ayşenur Parıldak, a 27-year old Turkish journalist, has been arrested again a few hours after an Ankara court released her from nine-months pre-trial detention...
VIDEO — A Turkish national abducted in Malaysia by operatives linked to Turkey’s Erdoğan
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A Turkish national was abducted in Kuala Lumpur on a broad daylight by unknown operatives who are believed to be affiliated with Turkish government...
Jailed Turkish journalist married in 10-minute ceremony in prison
Under arrest for nearly two months, journalist Nur Ener, who is an editor at Yeni Asya daily, got married in Bakırköy Prison with a...
The police officer who thwarted coup plotters detained in sick bed
A 34-year old police officer who intervened into the advance of army tanks in Turkish capital and helped push putschist back on the day...
Report: Tips claim about 1,000 detainees being tortured by police across Turkey
It is claimed that about 1,000 people who were detained by police forces last week have been started to be tortured in detention centers...
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