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Prisoner sets self on fire to protest arrest of pro-Kurdish HDP deputies

Under arrest in Kocaeli’s Gebze Women’s Prison, 26-year-old Zehra Epli set herself on fire in what other inmates say was a protest of the...

HDP Co-chair Demirtaş in solitary confinement since last week, lawyer says

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş is being kept in solitary confinement in Edirne Prison for psychological torture, Aysel Tuğluk, a lawyer representing...

Turkey bans access to dozens of news articles, including 2013 graft probe stories

Turkish courts in different provinces blocked access to dozens of news articles that appeared on the websites of Turkish news outlets on various dates,...

Following prisoners’ lawyer, US academic warns against staged prison break in Turkey

Just a day after the lawyer for several political prisoners urged the international community to monitor Turkish prisons amid rumors of prison breaks being...

ODTÜ academics hold protest against decree canceling rector elections

Academics from Ankara’s Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) on Tuesday staged a protest against a government decree cancelling intra-university elections for university rectors. The academics...

Kılıçdaroğlu: HDP deputies cannot refuse to testify to prosecutor

Fine-tuning his initial remarks on Kurdish deputies who were recently put under arrest, underlining that those who arrive in Parliament via elections should leave...

EU’s Juncker warns Turkey’s President Erdoğan on visa deal

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker delivered a personal warning to Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday, saying that Erdoğan would be held responsible if...

Erdoğan files complaint against CHP leader, party council members over insult charges

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed criminal complaints against main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and members of the CHP Party...

European diplomats, NGOs attend HDP parliamentary meeting in show of support

The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) parliamentary group meeting, which convened on Tuesday for the first time since the arrest of 10 deputies from...

Former İstanbul police chief jailed over alleged links to Gülen released

Former İstanbul Police Chief Hüseyin Çapkın, who was jailed in September due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, inspired by US-based Turkish...

Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy’s son tortured in custody, handcuffed to hospital bed

Muhammed Cihad Kaya, the son of a pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy who was detained by police at a press meeting in İstanbul,...

Interior Ministry files complaints against CHP, HDP deputies over Külter case

Turkey's Interior Ministry has filed criminal complaints against three opposition party deputies and a lawyer over a controversy concerning the whereabouts of pro-Kurdish Democratic...

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