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Late stage cancer Gülen follower dies after belated release from prison

Engin Erol, 41, a Turkish businessman who was jailed three years ago on allegations of membership in the faith-based Gülen movement, died on Thursday evening in...

Study finds Turkish youth less pious than expected in last decade

Although Turkey’s Islamist government has been trying to increase the level of piousness in the society, the number of young people fulfilling their daily religious duties...

Ankara lawyers subjected to intimidation, threats in prison meeting with purge victim

Lawyers from the Ankara Bar Association say they were intimidated by management and threatened by guards at Sincan Prison, where they went to meet with four...

Turkey’s Interior Ministry blocks business permit for purge victim teacher

A district municipality in Turkey’s southern province of Mersin refused to issue a business permit for former elementary school teacher Ramazan Tekin, who was previously removed from...

Turkish lawyer exposes torture of client detained over Gülen links

A Turkish lawyer on Saturday said his client, who was detained last week as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, was subjected to...

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...

Prosecutors to investigate opposition deputy over tweet about Turkey’s military offensive

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday announced it has launched an investigation into Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a deputy from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP),...

AKP deputy says some circles trying to smear him over Uzbek maid’s death

In his first public statement about the alleged suicide of an Uzbek maid in his house last month, ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Şirin...

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