Police detain 21 women whose husbands are jailed over Gülen links
Twentyone women, including ten with new born infants and two over 70-year-old, were detained in Afyon’s Dinar district as part an investigation against faith-based...
Report on violation of women prisoners’ rights: Turkish jails turned into ‘prisoners camp’
A report, released by the Free Women’s Movement (TJA), has stated that the society has been put under suppression through the state of emergency (OHAL)...
Jailed Brigadier Arslan dies at a military hospital in Ankara
Jailed brigadier general Yavuz Ekrem Arslan, who was former commander of Manisa 1st Infantry Private Training Brigade, has lost his life in Gülhane Military Hospital...
Turksih police tortured purge victim in forest after detaining him in raid
Police officers from Zonguldak Police Department detained A.T. in a raid to his house in last August over links to faith-based Gülen movement and...
Killing of music student Kurkut by police during Nevruz celebrations in Diyarbakır draws ire
The killing of a half-naked young man by the police allegedly “on suspicion of a suicide bomber” during Nevruz celebrations in Diyarbakır on Monday...
Kurdish victim of torture reveals severe ill-treatments under police custody in Turkey
Abdi Aykut, an old Kurdish villager who was subjected to systematic torture and maltreatment during 14 days under police detention, has told about the...
Turkish gov’t arrests dismissed pro-Kurdish mayor, 1-year-old son as mother battered during operation
Lice Municipality’s former co-mayor Rezan Zuğurlı was arrested along with her 1-year-old son while her mother Firuze Zuğurlı was battered by police officers during...
Torture and mistreatment commonplace in Kayseri Bünyan Prison, says former inmate
An inmate released from central Turkey's Kayseri Bünyan Prison said he witnessed torture and mistreatment, which have become commonplace in the facility.
Speaking to Hacı...
Greece says Turkish gov’t may be holding 2 soldiers for political gain
Greece said on Monday that Turkey appeared to be seeking some political leverage by continuing to hold two of its soldiers without trial for...
The door of Alevi family marked with nationalist/Islamist phrases in İstanbul
The symbol of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) which is an ally for Turkish autocratic Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was drawn at the...
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