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Detention warrant issued for HDP deputy Öcalan

As a crackdown on the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) continues, a Turkish court on Wednesday issued a detention...

Court releases 51 Air Force Academy students jailed after coup attempt

An Ankara court on Wednesday decided to release 51 students from the Air Force Academy who were arrested in the aftermath of a failed...

Assets of Kurdish Institute of İstanbul seized by state-run TMSF

Turkey's Saving Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) on Tuesday seized the assets of the Kurdish Institute of İstanbul, which was closed down by a government...

İHD Co-Chair says WHO should investigate situation in Turkish prisons

Turkey's Human Rights Association (İHD) Co-chair Eren Keskin has called on the United Nation's World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate the situation of sick...

Freedom House: Turkey suffers worst decline in freedoms in last decade

Turkey has suffered a dramatic decline in freedoms in the last decade according to a report by Freedom House in which it presented the...

Trustees appointed to administration of another pro-Kurdish municipality

Provincial governor Cemil Sarıoğlu has been appointed as a trustee to replace Burhan Kocaman, the mayor of Elazığ’s Karakoçan district who was elected on...

Student poetry competition winner to accompany Erdogan on overseas trip

Turkey’s Education Ministry, in cooperation with the Language and Literature Association and the Turkish Language Council (TDK), is promising the top prize of joining...

83-year-old shares jail cell with grandson

Eighty-three-year-old Hacı İsa Sezek is being kept in the same holding cell with his 29-year-old grandchild as Turkey exploits ambiguous terror laws to imprison...

15 more academics detained in post-coup probes in Denizli

At least 15 academics from Pamukkale University in Denizli were detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses...

Court accepts indictments seeking long jail terms for HDP co-chairs

A Diyarbakır court on Tuesday accepted indictments for Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ seeking long jail sentences for both...

[UPDATE] [VIDEO] Court releases CHP Party Council member detained over critical tweets

Sera Kadıgil, a member of the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) Party Council who has been referred to court for arrest in İstanbul for allegedly...

UN orders Turkey to release judge arrested over alleged Gülen links

A United Nations legal panel has ordered Turkey to release a judge who is among thousands of people arrested over their alleged links to...

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