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Woman sent back to jail with newborn a day after delivery

Ayşe Ateş, who was jailed when she was five months pregnant due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, gave birth at an İzmir...

[OPINION] The UN confirms torture and abuse in Turkey

by Abdullah Bozkurt A damning report by the United Nations on allegations of torture and ill treatment in Turkey’s prisons and detention centers under an...

EU has ‘serious concerns’ about rule of law, independent judiciary in Turkey

A spokesperson for the European Union has expressed “serious concerns” over the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary in Turkey, in...

OSCE calls for implementation of high court ruling in Altan, Alpay cases

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir on Wednesday called on Turkish authorities to ensure...

Three killed as military plane crashes in Isparta

Two pilots and a technician lost their lives when a military trainer aircraft crashed on Wednesday in the Yalvaç district of the Isparta province...

Turkey falls to Not Free in ‘Freedom in the World 2018’ report

Turkey’s freedom status has declined from Partly Free to Not Free in “Freedom in the World 2018: Democracy in Crisis,” the annual report released...

Lawyers for Alpay, Altan say Constitutional Court rulings are binding on all

Lawyers representing imprisoned journalists Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay issued a public statement over the weekend regarding the continued detention of their clients following...

EP president criticizes removal of HDP deputy Zana’s parliamentary status

Antonio Tajani, president of the European Parliament, has released a statement on Twitter criticizing the Friday removal of the parliamentary status of pro-Kurdish Peoples’...

Former intel chief calls for use of ASALA, MOSSAD tactics to kill Gülen followers

İsmail Hakkı Pekin, a former intelligence chief of the Turkish General Staff, has suggested that Turkey make use of tactics it used against Armenian...

Police chief who fought for Erdoğan on July 15 given jail sentence over ByLock

A police chief who clashed with a group of coup soldiers aiming to raid a hotel where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was staying in...

Report: Police tortured suspect, threatened to rape wife in Ramadan

A Turkish man jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement was reportedly tortured under custody while police threatened to rape his wife during...

Erdoğan vows to ‘choke’ US-established border force in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Turkey will destroy a border security force planned by the US in northern Syria, the state-run Anadolu...

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