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Latest decrees include controversial measures violating int’l law, agreements

Two government decrees that were issued by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government on Saturday have attracted widespread criticism for including measures that...

Putschist general denies offering to put army chief in touch with Gülen by phone

Brig. Gen. Hakan Evrim, one of the military members who took part in an abortive coup on July 15, has denied claims by Turkey's...

[UPDATE] Diyarbakır Co-mayors Kışanak and Anlı, former deputy Ata arrested

Diyarbakır Co-mayors Gülten Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, and former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) deputy Ayla Akat Ata, who was detained on terrorism charges...

Gov’t accused of eliminating all dissidents under pretext of anti-Gülen fight

The fact that hundreds of members of a left-wing trade union are among individuals purged from state institutions by the latest government decrees has...

Judges association says emergency rule paved way for authoritarian regime in Turkey

The Dutch association Judges for Judges has said emergency rule, which was declared in Turkey following a failed military coup attempt on July 15,...

Turkey revokes permanent press cards of two prominent journalists

The press cards of veteran journalists Hasan Cemal and Doğan Akın have been cancelled by the Prime Ministry's Directorate General of Press and Information...

Man who attacked CHP deputy detained in Kuşadası

A man who attacked Deputy Chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Bülent Tezcan was detained in the Kuşadası district of Aydın...

1,267 more academics dismissed

As part of a post-coup-attempt purge, the Turkish government has dismissed 1,267 more academics from universities under new state of emergency decrees issued on...

10,158 more dismissed from state institutions in Turkey

As part of a post-coup-attempt purge, the Turkish government has dismissed 10,158 people from state institutions with new state of emergency decrees issued on...

15 media outlets closed down under new decrees

The Turkish government closed down 15 pro-Kurdish media outlets with new state of emergency decrees issued on Saturday. According to two new decrees, numbers 675...

Travel ban imposed on HDP Co-chair Yüsekdağ

A Turkish court ruled for judicial supervision and a travel ban for Figen Yüksekdağ, co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), claiming that...

CHP deputy Tezcan suffers gunshot wound in Aydın restaurant

Deputy Chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Bülent Tezcan on Saturday evening was shot in the foot at a restaurant in...

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