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Turkish gov’t has detained one in three HDP members since 2015

The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has detained about a third of all pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) members since July...

[OPINION] Turkey’s Erdogan mobilizing China’s Muslims for jihadist campaign

by Abdullah Bozkurt Turkey’s ill-advised war in Syria’s Afrin enclave has further exposed how the Islamist regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his nationalist...

Report: Diyanet mosque in Germany set on fire

Berlin’s Kocasinan Mosque, managed by the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB), part of Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), was set on fire...

Detention warrants issued for 300 teachers in a month in Ankara

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has issued detention warrants in the past month for 300 teachers who worked in schools owned by people...

Erdoğan salutes crowd with nationalist grey wolf sign

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday used a nationalist hand sign during a speech at a party meeting in Mersin province, Hürriyet reported. Repeating...

EP shadow rapporteur suggests response to rule of despotism in Turkey

Dr. Renate Sommer, a German Christian Democrat member of the European Parliament since 1999 and and also the European People’s Party’s (EPP) standing rapporteur...

Turkish court rules to release Cumhuriyet journalists Şık and Sabuncu

A Turkish court on Friday evening decided to release Cumhuriyet daily Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu and journalist Ahmet Şık while ruling for a continuation of...

Int’l law associations call on Turkey to halt wrongful prosecution of legal professionals

An international group of law associations recently issued a joint statement highlighting the ongoing challenges faced by the legal profession in Turkey. The statement was...

RSF calls Turkish journalists’ convictions ‘an act of political despotism’

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Friday condemned the sentences ranging from two to seven years in prison that 25 Turkish journalists received on March...

HDP deputies ask gov’t to explain torture claims of jailed Kurdish politician  

Several deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have directed questions to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government in Parliament about...

Netherlands disallows visit of Turkish mayor

On the first anniversary of a diplomatic crisis between Turkey and the Netherlands, The Hague has disallowed the planned visit of a ruling party...

Detention warrants issued for 243 over alleged Gülen links

The İstanbul, Ankara, Mersin and Konya chief public prosecutor’s offices on Friday issued detention warrants for 243 people, including 92 teachers, as part of...

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