Report on violation of women prisoners’ rights: Turkish jails turned into ‘prisoners camp’
A report, released by the Free Women’s Movement (TJA), has stated that the society has been put under suppression through the state of emergency (OHAL)...
Abducted teacher’s wife to Afghan gov’t: Where are you? Are you asleep?
Farzana Wardak, the wife of Masood Wardak who is the only Afghan teacher among five people who were abducted by Afghan intelligence service National Directorate...
Diyarbakır Bar files criminal complaints against Turkey’s pro-gov’t journalists Küçük, Uğur
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The Diyarbakır Bar Association on Wednesday filed a criminal complaints against pro-government Turkish journalists Cem Küçük and Fuat Uğur for “inciting crime” and “praising...
Erdoğan’s henchman Külünk allegedly gives order to Erdoğanist thugs to punish Germany’s Böhmermann
German media reported on Wednesday that Metin Külünk, a henchman of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the ruling Justice and Development Party...
Ümit Horzum becomes latest victim of abductions targeting alleged members of Gülen movement in...
Ümit Horzum, a Turkish citizen who was dismissed from his duty at the Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK) by a government decree on August 2016...
Three Turkish teachers allegedly affiliated with Gülen movement detained in Afghanistan
Three Turkish and one Afghan teachers were detained by Afghan intelligence officials on Tuesday on the request of Turkish government under the rule of...
Turkish imam, dismissed over alleged links to Gülen movement, dies suspiciously in İzmir
Turkish imam Tugay Uslu, who was dismissed from his duty by a government decree as part of Turkish government massive post-coup witch hunt campaign...
Pro-Erdoğan journalist suggests killing family members of jailed Gülen followers in Turkey
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Journalist Cem Küçük, a staunch supporter of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, suggested during a live TV program on Monday that Turkish intelligence...
‘Turkey’s clandestine deep state gang takes revenge from prominent journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan’
Yalçın Ergündoğan, a columnist for online news portal in Turkish, Artı Gerçek, wrote that Turkey's clandestine deep state gang, Ergenekon, takes revenge from Ahmet...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says he stands with the oppressed of the world
As he continues a massive purge and witch-hunt against his opponents, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a message for Human Rights...
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