29-year-old woman dies of heart attack on way to visit her jailed husband
A 29-year-old woman, Pınar Çınar, died of heart attack while on her way to visit her husband who has been imprisoned over alleged links...
3 gendarmes suspended on accusations of killing young man who allegedly looted a quake...
Three gendarmes who are accused of beating Ahmet Güreşçi to death in custody after he and his brother Sabri allegedly looted a liquor store...
İHD: 2,722 killed in Turkey’s Southeast since end of Kurdish settlement process in July...
A report released by the Human Rights Association (İHD) has revealed that 2,722 people have been killed in violence in Turkey’s Southeast since the...
Opposition MP questions surge in allegations of police mistreatment in Turkey
An opposition lawmaker has posed a parliamentary question to the interior and justice ministers about the recent surge in complaints alleging police mistreatment in...
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...
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...
Turkish gov’t targets 4,167 Turkish teachers in 160 countries over Gülen links
The Turkish government has targeted 4,167 teachers who work at 400 schools in 160 countries around the world as part of its post-coup global...
Turkish court rules for continuation of former HDP co-chair Demirtaş’s imprisonment
Ankara 19th High Criminal Court within the Sincan Prison Campus has ruled on Friday for the continuation of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) former Co-chair...
Post-coup victim judge succumbs to cancer after release from prison
Mehmet Tosun, a 29-year-old Turkish judge who was expelled from his job and subsequently arrested over alleged involvement in a July 15 coup attempt...
Two expelled educators detained on 75th day of their hunger strike
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Turkish police, after midnight on Sunday, have raided the houses belonging to Semih Özakça and Nuriye Gülmen, educators who went on a hunger strike...
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