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2,000-year-old lion sculpture destroyed in Turkey’s Adıyaman province

A two-thousand-year-old lion sculpture at an ancient burial site dating back to the Kingdom of Commagene in Turkey’s Adıyaman province has been destroyed, the...

Justice Minister Bozdağ says 50,504 arrested since coup attempt

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Friday that since a failed coup attempt last July, 50,504 people have been arrested and 168,801 are...

US ‘deeply concerned’ by detention of human rights defenders in Turkey

US Department of State Spokesperson Heather Nauert has said the United States is deeply concerned by the detention of human rights defenders from Amnesty...

Detained human rights defenders taken to different police stations

The whereabouts of eight human rights activists and two trainers who were detained during a during a digital security and information management workshop organized...

Report: Prisoners threatened with death, exposed to torture in Mersin

Prisoners in two prisons in the southern Turkish province of Mersin have allegedly faced maltreatment, physical violence and torture as well as being threatened...

Report: Turkish soldiers abroad ordered to spy on dismissed colleagues

Written instructions from the Turkish General Staff asks Turkey’s military officers deployed abroad to spy on former colleagues who were dismissed as part of...

61-year-old businessman dies from poor conditions in Elbistan prison

Kamil Ü., a 61-year-old businessman who has been under arrest for over 10 months due to alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, died on...

TU Berlin regrets giving honorary doctorate to Turkish PM

Technical University of Berlin has expressed regret for bestowing an honorary doctorate on Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım in 2011, the Diken news website...

739 fired police officers suspected of Gülen links returned to duty

Seven hundred thirty-nine police officers who were dismissed from their jobs due to suspected links to the faith-based Gülen movement, accused by Turkish government...

Mardin Governor’s Office cancels decision on transfer of Syriac churches

A special commission established under the Mardin Governor’s Office has cancelled a decision to transfer Syriac churches and monasteries to Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate,...

Minister announces US could lift laptop ban for Turkish Airlines

Turkish Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan said on Tuesday Washington is set to lift a ban on large electronic devices, known as the laptop ban,...

Germany: MİT is after Turkish dissidents in Germany

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) is collecting intelligence on Turkish dissidents and the outlawed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Germany, according to the...

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