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Turkey to examine lifting opposition lawmakers’ immunity

The Turkish parliament will examine lifting some opposition lawmakers' immunity, its speaker said on Wednesday, as the pro-Kurdish party comes under renewed pressure from...

Key suspect in arms smuggling to Syria dies in mysterious car accident

Cevheri Güven Heysem Topalca, a notorious Syrian arms smuggler working under the alias “Ghost Commander” who since the beginning of the Syrian civil war has...

219 pregnant women, mothers detained or arrested over Gülen links in 4 years

A total of 219 pregnant women and women with children under six years of age were arbitrarily detained or arrested over their suspected links...

Photojournalist who captured murder of Kurdish student in 2017 standing trial on terror charges

The first hearing in the trial of photojournalist Abdurrahman Gök, in which he faces 20 years in prison on charges of "membership in a...

UN working group urges Turkey to release former cadet sentenced to life on coup charges

The United Nations Human Rights Council’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has found that Ahmet Dinçer Sakaoğlu, one of 70 former air force cadets...

Swedish journalists call on Erdoğan to release jailed author Ahmet Altan

Sixteen journalists in Sweden including the heads of prominent journalism organizations have called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to take action for the...

AKP blamed for surge in COVID-19 cases due to crowded political rallies

The latest data released by Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca show that the number of coronavirus cases in Turkey has increased significantly within the...

73 detained in separate operations targeting alleged Gülen followers

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 73 people including active duty officers in separate operations targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement, accused by the...

French professors appeal for Turkish work permits in diplomatic row

Professors from a top İstanbul university appealed to the Turkish government Tuesday to issue their French colleagues work permits which have been held up...

Turkish authorities arrest disabled bomb disposal expert on terrorism conviction

Bilal Konakçı, a bomb disposal expert with the police who lost his hand and was blinded in an explosion, was arrested on Feb.21 after...

Family requests investigation into alleged suicide of 17-year-old boy in police custody

The family of Kadir Aktar, a 17-year-old boy who allegedly committed suicide in police custody last Friday, has requested an investigation into the circumstances...

Targeted by Erdoğan, Turkey’s LGBT community faces ‘tsunami of hate’

Murat has watched for years as LGBT people who face persecution in the Middle East have found refuge in his cosmopolitan neighborhood of İstanbul. Today,...

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