Erdoğan says Fethullah Gülen will be abducted just like 6 Turks in Kosovo

Autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who lives in the US, will face the same end as...

Ümit Horzum released by Turkish court 145 days after his abduction in Ankara

Turkish citizen Ümit Horzum, who was kidnapped in Turkey’s capital of Ankara on December 6, 2017 over his alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement, was...

Successful doctor detained by Turkish gov’t over Gülen links, attempts suicide in jail, dies...

A successful medical doctor who was detained by police and imprisoned a month ago as part of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt...

Yet another purge victim dies in Turkish prison

Şafak Demir, one of the thousands of teachers removed from their posts by government decrees due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement...

76-year-old Kurdish woman to remain in Turkish prison despite deteriorating health

Tarsus State Hospital has reportedly issued a scandalous report for a 76-year-old Kurdish woman jailed in Mersin province, claiming that Sisê Bingöl, whose health...

Pro-Kurdish HDP calls Turkish gov’t to stop causing death of sick prisoners

Following the demise of prisoner Koçer Özdal (65), who was seriously ill and died in an intensive care unit while handcuffed to his bed,...

Turkish military operation footage screened in stadium before Amedspor match

Footage of a Turkish military operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was projected on the scoreboard of a stadium on Saturday, just...

Purge-victim judge couple reunited with daughter after 29 months in Turkish prison on coup...

Neslihan and Hüseyin Ekinci, both former judges in the Turkish judicial system, finally saw each other on Tuesday night and were reunited with their...

Pregnant woman sent back to prison after losing baby

Hanife Çiftçi, who was jailed in June when she was seven weeks pregnant due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement, lost her...

Turkey drops investigation into demise of teacher who was tortured to death

The Istanbul chief public prosecutor has decided to drop an investigation into the death of Gökhan Açıkkolu, a teacher who died after enduring 13...

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