Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens Kosovo PM Haradinaj: You will pay the price for this
Autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticised Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Saturday for dismissing the country's interior minister and intelligence chief on...
İstanbul Bar files complaint against Minister Soylu over his ‘break the legs’ order
The İstanbul Bar Association has filed an official complaint against Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu over his call for policemen to “break the legs”...
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...
Erdoğan’s crackdown does not spare minors: Teenagers recount trauma of police custody
Two teenage girls detained last week in a police operation focused on alleged members of Gülen movement, a faith-based group targeted by Turkish President...
Former teacher says torture by police common in Turkey’s Afyon province
Former teacher Şaban Sarıkaya, previously imprisoned for alleged links to the Gülen movement, said he was subjected to torture and witnessed others being tortured...
Turkish gov’t cuts off funds for disabled child over father’s alleged Gülen links
The Turkish government has cut off funds granted to Rafia Nur, a 12-year-old handicapped child whose father has been arrested over alleged links to...
Visually impaired Turkish journalist’s letter shows he can barely survive in prison
A letter sent by visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, who was sent to prison last July due to his alleged links to the...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for at least 85 people over alleged links to...
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for at least 87 people on Tuesday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the...
Report: Rights violations increased in Turkey under rule of emergency
A report drafted by the Diyarbakır Bar Association has revealed that there has been a significant increase in the number of rights violations in...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people, sentences 114 for imprisonment over alleged links to...
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for dozens of people as it detained tens of them including military officers while İstanbul 22nd High Criminal Court...
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