Turkish police disturb mourning family and friends of deceased academic Özcerit
Turkish police have reportedly continued to disturb the mourning family members, relatives and friends of the deceased academic Ahmet Turan Özcerit on Tuesday following the...
Kurdish Red Crescent: Turkish military shelling kills 17 women, wounds 44 more in Afrin
Kurdish Red Crescent (Heyva Sor) has announced that Turkish military's shelling has killed 17 women and wounded 44 women seriously in Afrin province of...
Seventeen Turkish citizens, who escaped from persecution of Erdoğan regime, seek sanctuary in Greece
Seventeen Turkish nationals, including six children, have requested asylum in Greece after crossing over from Turkey, Agence France-Presse (AFP) has reported on Tuesday, citing...
Turkish prosecutor requests 7-year sentence for Kurdish university student over whistling Kurdish song
A group of students at Dicle University in Diyarbakır province has been facing possible sentences ranging from over 7 years to 28 years on...
Two volunteers of Gülen movement reportedly abducted after released by Azerbaijani court
Two Turkish citizens, who were detained in Azerbaijan over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, were abducted by unidentified persons following the release...
Turkish gov’t jails teacher couple as their newborn twins under grandmother’s care
Turkish government has put an İzmir couple, both teachers, behind bars over their pretrial detention for their alleged links to the Gülen movement as...
Syrian Kurdish groups claim Turkish army hit village in Afrin with suspected gas
A Syrian Kurdish group and a pro-Kurdish monitoring group have claimed that the Turkish military carried out a suspected gas attack that wounded six...
Jailed Turkish Air Forces’ colonel reportedly losses his life in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison because...
A Turkish lawyer has stated on Friday that a military officer jailed in İstanbul's notorious Silivri Prison has lost his life because of the...
CoE’s Jagland criticises Turkish gov’t over massive human rights violations
The Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland has criticised Turkish government's massive human rights violations under the state of emergency during a speech...
Turkish court rules for continuation of former HDP co-chair Demirtaş’s imprisonment
Ankara 19th High Criminal Court within the Sincan Prison Campus has ruled on Friday for the continuation of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) former Co-chair...
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