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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...

3,206 Turkish nationals seek asylum in Germany in first half of 2017

A total of 3,206 Turkish nationals have applied for asylum in Germany in the first six months of 2017, data from the German Federal...

Turkey’s judicial board replaces 154 judges

The first chamber of Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has replaced 154 judges under a summer decree, the Diken news website reported...

Evrensel daily editor-in-chief investigated for insulting Erdoğan in article

The Evrensel newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Fatih Polat, said on Thursday he is under investigation on allegations of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in one...

Erdoğan goes after human rights defenders in Turkey

by Abdullah Bozkurt The primary reason why Turkey’s autocratic president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his associates target human rights defenders by bringing absurd terrorism and...

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