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Opposition leader: Emergency rule causing human rights violations

The main opposition party leader has said Turkey will pay a big price and an enormous amount of compensation for gross human rights violations...

AKP official: Torture claims won’t be investigated if victims are Gülenists

A Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy has said there will be no investigations into claims of torture and mistreatment of people put into...

60 businessmen, foundation members detained in Bolu over Gülen links

Sixty businessmen and members of foundations affiliated with the faith-based Gülen movement were detained in the Black Sea province of Bolu on Sunday due...

Police ordered to get confessions, told ByLock use alone not evidence of crime

A letter sent by Turkey’s Security Directorate General to all police units in the country tells police officers to secure confessions from individuals who...

Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen’s brother detained in İzmir

One of the brothers of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, Kutbettin Gülen, has been detained in the western province of İzmir, Turkish media reports...

1 soldier killed, 5 injured in clashes with PKK in Hakkari

One soldier was killed and five others were injured when Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists on Sunday fired mortars at Turkish military members near...

Pro-Kurdish co-mayors of Karakoçan district arrested

The co-mayors of the Karakoçan district of Elazığ province in eastern Turkey, both of whom are from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), were...

ENCJ considers suspending HSYK’s observer status over unfair dismissals

The Brussels-based European Networks of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) is set to hold an extraordinary general meeting in December during which it will...

Turkey detains another 15 academics over use of ByLock app

Fifteen academics who were claimed to be using ByLock, a smart phone messaging application, were detained on Saturday as part of a witch-hunt targeting...

Turkish court: There is no FETÖ terror organization

The 2nd Criminal Court of the southern province of Hatay has rejected an indictment on the Fethullah Gülen Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), a term used...

Opposition deputy, family believe graft prosecutor murdered in prison

A deputy from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) said in a parliamentary session on Saturday that he and the family of a...

Lausanne debate highlights split between government and opposition

A dispute over the interpretation of the Lausanne Treaty, which established the foundation of the Turkish Republic, as to whether it was a victory...

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