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Prosecutors say report targeting journalists is free speech, no need for investigation

Turkish prosecutors have found no reason to investigate a controversial report compiled by a pro-government think tank examining foreign news networks and listing the personal details of...

Purged teacher tells of torture, sexual abuse in police detention

A teacher who was removed from his job and subsequently arrested due to his alleged links to the Gülen  movement in the aftermath of a failed coup...

Families suspect abducted Gülen followers subjected to torture

Families of four Gülen followers who appeared in police custody after being missing since February revealed that their loved ones might have been subjected to torture,...

Melting snow exposes bodies of 25 migrants who froze to death on Turkish-Iraqi border

The bodies of 25 illegal migrants who apparently froze to death were discovered on the Turkish-Iraqi border with the melting of snow in the area, according...

Court refuses to release mother from jail despite baby’s growing tumor

A Turkish court has refused to release a young mother who is in prison with her one-and-a-half-year-old baby in southeastern Turkey although the baby has a...

Tunceli mourns death of 2 Kurdish children in explosion

Two Kurdish children from the same family lost their lives in an explosion in the eastern Turkish province of Tunceli on Monday, sparking a wave of...

Turkish lawyer reports torture of suspect detained over Gülen links

A lawyer from Kayseri province has reported that her client, who was detained due to his alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement, was subjected to torture...

Justice Ministry says Turkey building 137 new prisons

Turkey has been building 137 new prisons with a capacity to house 88,367 inmates, according to the Justice Ministry, the Gazete Duvar news website reported. As of...

Saturday Mothers hold protest with wives of abducted Gülen followers

Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and relatives seeking the whereabouts of loved ones who disappeared while in police custody in the 1990s, held a protest...

İstanbul police disperse pride march with pepper spray, rubber bullets

Turkish police on Sunday disrupted an LGBTI+ pride march in İstanbul’s Beyoğlu district, dispersing the crowd with pepper spray and rubber bullets, according to the BBC...

Pregnant, ailing women among 4 arrested in Turkey’s Osmaniye due to Gülen links

A pregnant woman and another woman suffering from a heart problem were among four women arrested in the southern Turkish province of Osmaniye on terrorism charges...

Not surprising that people commit suicide behind bars, says man abducted, tortured by Turkish intelligence

Zabit Kişi, who disappeared for more than a hundred days after he was reportedly turned over by Kazakhstan to Turkish intelligence and put on a plane...

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