Another woman detained while visiting imprisoned husband
N.A., a Turkish literature teacher who was left unemployed after her school was shuttered as part of post-coup emergency rule, was detained when she...
501 detained, 63 arrested in anti-Gülen operations in one week
A total of 501 people were detained, with 63 of them put under arrest, in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past...
UN special rapporteurs urge Turkey to end mistreatment of human rights lawyers
United Nations human rights special rapporteurs have raised serious concerns over the imprisonment and mistreatment of human rights lawyers in Turkey and expressed concern...
Turkish prosecutors dismiss torture complaint by former dormitory director linked to Gülen movement
Turkish prosecutors have dismissed a complaint of torture filed by Aysun Işınkaralar, the former director of a dormitory affiliated with the faith-based Gülen movement,...
Brig. Gen. Evrim says July 15 coup attempt in Turkey was planned to fail
Brig. Gen. Hakan Evrim, a suspect in the July 15 coup attempt trial and commander of Akıncı Airbase, where Chief of General Staff Gen....
49-member team to report to Turkey’s Erdoğan on Gülen-linked trials
A group of 49 people, nine experts from Turkey’s State Inspection Council (DDK) and 40 key advisers of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
CoE’s top human rights advocate calls for restoration of media freedom in Turkey
Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, has called for implementing urgent measures to restore freedom of expression in Turkey, stressing that...
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...
Turkish judiciary releases 3 men involved in murder of alleged child kidnapper
Turkish judicial authorities have released three men involved in the killing of a man who had allegedly attempted to abduct two children in İstanbul’s...
Turkish gov’t detains about 6,000 people over alleged Gülen links in last two months
The Turkish Interior Ministry has announced on Monday that 2,589 people have been detained in November due to alleged links to the Gülen movement...
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