Turkish teacher put on plane by Turkish police after detention at Myanmar airport

https://youtu.be/P6eyskMpcXU Myanmar-based teacher M. Furkan Sökmen was put on a Turkish Airlines flight by Turkish police and Turkish Embassy staff on Friday after he and...

Elderly mother of Kurdish politician injured during police raid on home

The 90-year-old mother of a Kurdish mayor who was removed from office on terrorism charges has sustained injuries in a police raid on their...

PAKURD Chairman Baran: I was exposed to heavy torture during detention

İbrahim Halil Baran, the chairman of Partiya Kurdistani (PAKURD), has said he was tortured during the 13 days he was in detention, the Grihat...

Turkish gov’t detains 18 people as military students, families teargassed during Ankara march

Turkish government has detained at least 18 people on Saturday after police intervened into a group of dismissed military academy students and their families...

Turkey’s President Erdoğan, PM Yıldırım vow to annihilate followers of Gülen movement

https://youtu.be/8bJ0ciWD6Qk Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım have vowed on Wednesday evening to annihilate every each member of the Gülen movement...

Turkish gov’t detains 23 people in Çorum over alleged links to Gülen movement

Turkish police have detained 23 people in a Çorum on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock on Monday following...

ECtHR questions Azerbaijani gov’t on illegal deportation of Turkish teacher over Gülen links

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has questioned the Azerbaijani government over the illegal deportation of Turkish national Taci Şentürk at the request of...

Jailed visually impaired Turkish journalist still lack of lawyer to take assistance for his...

A letter sent by visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, who was sent to prison last July due to his alleged links to the...

Another man testifies about torture by security officers during enforced disappearance

Yasin Ugan, who had been missing for six months before suddenly reappearing in police custody, has revealed in court that he was tortured by...

Turkish woman, dismissed over alleged links to Gülen movement, dies of brain tumor

Rukiye Öztürk, a Turkish woman who was removed from her job as a Quran teacher over alleged links to the Gülen movement, part of...
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