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[UPDATE] Teacher jailed over remarks on TV released, lawyer says

Turkish teacher Ayşe Çelik, who was jailed with her baby in April on terror charges because she had said, “Don’t let children die,” on...

Elderly woman subjected to police violence during protest in Ankara

Perihan Pulat, 75, sustained several injuries after police used excessive force to disperse protestors in Ankara’s Yüksel Street on May 1. Several public servants, Acun...

[UPDATE] 84 people detained during May Day celebrations in İstanbul

Turkish riot police detained at least 84 people during May Day celebrations across İstanbul on Tuesday, according to data from the İstanbul Police Department. The...

Prosecutor seeks 5 years for HDP deputies Demirtaş, Önder

An İstanbul prosecutor is seeking five years in prison for Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), and...

CHP, HDP to announce presidential candidates on May 4

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) will announce their candidates on Friday for the June 24...

HDP deputy questions justice minister about teacher who died in jail

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Bektaş has submitted a parliamentary inquiry to the Parliament’s Speaker’s Office in which he asked several...

YSK no longer requires presidential candidates to provide copy of diploma

Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) has eliminated an obligation requiring candidates for presidential and parliamentary elections to provide a copy of their diploma indicating...

SP names chairman Karamollaoğlu as its presidential candidate

The Felicity Party (SP) announced on Tuesday that the party’s chairman, Temel Karamollaoğlu, will be its presidential candidate in the presidential election on June...

10 journalists, media workers from Zaman-Cihan media group sentenced to prison

An İstanbul court during the fourth hearing on Monday handed down verdicts to 18 Turkish journalists and media employees in a trial concerning Feza...

Woman presented as July 15 hero faces accusations of lying

Şerife Boz, a woman who reportedly drove to İstanbul’s Taksim Square with a truckload of youths in a bid to join public resistance against...

Witnesses, autopsy show jailed teacher died due to denial of crucial treatment

Halime Gülsu, a 34-year-old unemployed English teacher, died in jail on Saturday because she was denied the necessary treatment for a chronic disease she...

Armenian church in Istanbul trashed by nationalists

The Surp Takavor Armenian Church in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul was the victim of a nationalist attack overnight, Cumhuriyet reported. According to the report,...

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