Erdoğan’s henchman: Oppression targeting Gülen movement to be more severe after Zarrab case
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s former speechwriter and current Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy Aydın Ünal wrote on Tuesday that the...
Human rights defender Elçi remembered on 2nd anniversary of death across Turkey
Human rights defender Tahir Elçi, who was the former head of the Diyarbakır Bar Association, was commemorated on the second anniversary of his death on...
A 57-year-old prisoner with toothache passes away at Turkey’s Mersin prison
The death of a sick prisoner, Yılmaz Duruk (57), who was hospitalised following he was diagnosed with infection, on November 17, 2017 that is seven...
87-year old Turkish prisoner gets solitary confinement for ‘hoping release one day’
Ali Osman Karahan, an 87-year-old Turkish man who has been kept in an Isparta prison for almost 15 months over alleged links to the...
Turkish court decides to hunger striker Gülmen in prison despite prosecutor’s request of release
An Ankara court rejected on Monday the request of prosecutor in charge for the release of Nuriye Gülmen, an academician who launched a hunger...
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...
Turkish woman in symbol photo: These red crosses mean that Alevis to be killed
Yüksel Kalın, whose photograph has been the symbol of deep anxiety of the Alevi community whose houses were marked with red crosses in Turkey's...
At least 6,375 women killed across Turkey under Erdoğan rule in last 15 years
At least 6,375 women were killed across Turkey in last 15 years under the rule of Justice of Development Party (AKP) led by Turkish...
Turkish gov’t transfers 87-year old ‘coup suspect’ to prison far away from hometown
Ali Osman Karahan, a 87-year-old Turkish man who has been kept in an Isparta Prison for almost 15 months over alleged links to the...
Jailed journalist Usluer given forced haircut in Turkish prison
Wardens at İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison reportedly forced Oğuz Usluer, a former news coordinator at HaberTürk TV, who has been behind bars since Dec....
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