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İzmir court arrests Amnesty Turkey chairman on terrorism charges

Taner Kılıç, a lawyer and chairman of Amnesty International Turkey’s board, was arrested by an İzmir court on Friday as part of an investigation...

Erdoğan calls on Saudi Arabia to be on side of fraternity, not enmity

Amid a diplomatic crisis in the Gulf as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed relations with Doha, Turkish President Recep...

[VIDEO] Pro-gov’t armed group says government supports people bearing arms

While posing with a gun during an interview, the leader of an armed pro-government group said the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government...

Washington Post on Erdoğan’s purge: Cruel frenzy in march towards authoritarianism

In an editorial on Friday The Washington Post expressed a glimmer of hope that the United States was returning to its championing of democracy...

Jailed HDP deputy Encü given 55-month prison sentence on terror charges

Ferhat Encü, one of 11 jailed deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has been handed down a prison sentence of 55 months,...

[VIDEO] [UPDATE] Turkey deports French journalist Depardon after release

French photojournalist Mathias Depardon, who was detained on May 8 in Turkey, deported from in a plane from İstanbul's Atatürk Airport to France after...

PM Yıldırım calls KRG’s referendum decision ‘irresponsible’

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Friday criticized the Kurdish Regional Government's (KRG) decision to hold a referendum in Iraq’s autonomous northern region, calling...

CHP leader makes first visit to HDP, calls for dialogue, cooperation

Leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for the first time paid a visit to the headquarters of the pro-Kurdish...

[VIDEO] Car bomb attack hits gendarmerie command in Batman

A car bomb hit a gendarmerie command in the Kozluk district of the eastern province of Batman on Friday, causing injuries to two soldiers...

Turkey calls Iraqi Kurds’ independence referendum ‘grave mistake’

Turkey has criticized Iraqi Kurdish officials’ decision to hold a referendum for independence in Iraq’s autonomous northern region, calling it “a grave mistake.” In a...

10.5-year jail sentence sought for Cumhuriyet editor due to news headline

A prosecutor is seeking a jail sentence of up to 10.5 years for the Cumhuriyet daily's website editor Oğuz Güven, who has been behind...

HRW calls on Turkey to release Amnesty’s Kılıç

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on Turkish authorities to immediately release Taner Kılıç, chair of the board of Amnesty International’s Turkey section,...

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