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[UPDATE] Mother of three released after giving testimony

Yasemin Özkan, who gave birth to her third child last week by C-section and was served with a detention warrant immediately afterwards, was released...

Syriac association chair: I fear we will be forced to convert to Islam under gov’t decree

Yuhanna Aktaş, chairperson of the Mardin Syriac Unity Association, which was closed down in 2015, has said with irony that he is afraid Syriacs...

Journalist released after brief detention for criticizing ‘July 15 saga’

Yeliz Koray, managing editor of the Kocaeli Koz newspaper, was released from detention on Sunday after police took her into custody on Saturday night...

Post-coup crackdown in Turkey has torn families apart, CBC says

Canada's state-run CBC news website said Saturday, on the anniversary of a failed coup in Turkey last year, that thousands of families have been...

4 arrested over Gülen links in Trabzon-based coup probe

Four people were arrested by a court on Saturday as part of a Trabzon-based investigation targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, which is...

HDP deputy Geveri released after brief detention

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Van deputy Adem Geveri has been released after a brief detention in Ankara, the Diken news website reported on...

Manufacturer designs special prison uniforms for Gülenists

A textile manufacturer in Turkey has said he is willing to donate 50,000 jumpsuits that he designed for people jailed over links to the...

CHP chair not to attend July 15 ceremony after his speech removed from schedule

Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu is not going to attend an early Sunday morning ceremony in Parliament to observe the first anniversary...

Freedom House: One year after the coup attempt, Turkey is more fragile than ever

The US-based independent watchdog organization Freedom House said on Friday that Turkish society is more fragile than ever and has no clarity on what...

UN experts call on Turkey to release all rights defenders

A group of United Nations experts on Friday called on the Turkish government to immediately release nine human rights defenders and two foreign trainers...

Turkey to extend state of emergency another 3 months

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım announced on Friday that a state of emergency (OHAL) that was first declared following a failed coup in July...

17 HDP members detained in İzmir over social media posts

Seventeen members of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), including district executive for İzmir's Menemen district Ramazan Yavuz, were detained in police raids in the...

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