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Prominent political scientist says Erdoğan’s only option is to hit wall

Professor Baskın Oran, an expert in political science, has said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has entered a cul-de-sac due to his increasingly authoritarian policies,...

HDP deputies barred from visiting jailed party Co-chair Yüksekdağ

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar were not allowed by the Justice Ministry to visit their party's jailed co-chairperson,...

4 arrested in connection to dormitory fire in Adana

An Adana court on Sunday arrested four people who were detained last week in relation to a dormitory fire in Adana's Aladağ district which...

Deputy PM Kurtulmuş says independence means ‘calling an infidel an infidel’

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Justice and Development Party (AKP) government spokesperson Numan Kurtulmuş said on Saturday that independence means calling an infidel an...

Municipal logo removed from Diyarbakır City Hall

  The logo of the Diyarbakır Municipality was removed on Saturday from the facade of city hall following the arrest last month of elected Co-mayors...

Lawyer: Police chiefs interrogated under influence of drugs, torture

  A lawyer for two imprisoned police chiefs claimed on Friday that the two men, who had been privy to the secrets of President Recep...

Police mistreat leftist lawyers in custody, subject them to ‘musical torture’

  Four lawyers and six law students who were detained as part of an investigation into the leftist İstanbul People’s Law Bureau on Thursday were...

Council of Europe commissioner urges Turkey to stop curfews

In a statement released on Friday, Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks called on Turkey to stop imposing curfews in...

Turkey now detains lawyer representing imprisoned HDP co-chair

Sevda Çelik Özbingöl, a lawyer representing Figen Yüksekdağ, the arrested co-chair of Turkey’s third largest political party, the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has...

3,592 staff members returned to posts at Education Ministry

Turkey's Education Ministry announced on Friday that 3,692 staff members who were recently suspended as part of an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen...

Dink murder trial judge detained over alleged Gülen links

One of the judges hearing a trial of public officials implicated in the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was detained in his chambers...

1,213 social media users arrested in Turkey on ‘propaganda’ charges since July 15

A total of 1,213 Twitter and Facebook users have been arrested and 818 others were released pending trial on accusations of disseminating propaganda on...

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