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Turkish officials order 229 detentions in ongoing post-coup crackdown on Gülen movement

Turkish prosecutors in İzmir and Ankara ordered the detention of 229 suspects as part of a large-scale crackdown targeting the followers of the faith-based Gülen movement,...

More femicides in Turkey this year compared to 2018: interior minister

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said 299 women have been murdered in Turkey to date this year, already above last year’s figure of 280, the...

Museum opening in Belgian city of Hasselt exposes extent of purge in Turkey

The Purge Museum, an initiative that collects and exhibits items belonging to individuals who survived Turkey’s massive crackdown on the Gülen movement, has opened in the Belgian...

Toddler bursts into tears when refused entry to prison to reunite with mother

A 3-year-old boy burst into tears when he was refused entry to a prison where he has been accompanying his mother since February 2017, according to...

Turkey briefly detains mother of young cancer patient who sought imprisoned father’s release

Zekiye Ataç, the mother of 8-year-old Ahmet Burhan Ataç, who is suffering from bone cancer, was detained and later released under judicial supervision after...

22.6 percent of İstanbul’s buildings will collapse in anticipated quake: mayor

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has said İstanbul is not ready for a major earthquake expected by the scientific community and that 22.6 percent of the buildings...

Turkey orders 80 detentions in post-coup crackdown on Gülen followers

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 80 people as part of a large-scale post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen movement. The Ankara Chief...

[OPINION] Third world war?

Ekrem Dumanlı US President Donald Trump, in his latest United Nations speech, implied the biggest fight of our century. According to Trump, “The future belongs to patriots,...

At least 347 women murdered in first nine months of 2019, report reveals

A report drafted by the Umut (Hope) Foundation, a leading advocate of gun control in Turkey, has revealed that at least 347 women were killed in...

Prominent Turkish opposition official sentenced to nearly 10 years

A Turkish court on Friday sentenced Canan Kaftancıoğlu, a prominent opposition official, to nine years, eight months in prison for insulting the president and spreading terrorist...

Turkish colonel purged from military dies of heart attack at age 45

Ömer Guni, a former colonel who was dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) by a government decree during a two-year-long state of emergency, has died...

70-year-old illiterate woman gets 3 years for carrying placard during 2009 march

Raife İnatçı, a 70-year-old illiterate woman from the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır, was sent to jail due to a placard she carried during a march...

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