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HRW report: Turkey’s silencing of media, assaults on press freedom shield state from scrutiny

A report by US-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) released on Thursday said that Turkey’s government has all but silenced independent media in...

Arrested US pastor’s lawyer: Turkey’s Islamic government now targeting Christians

A lawyer representing the family of Andrew Craig Brunson, pastor of a Protestant church in İzmir who was arrested Friday after being detained in...

4 social media users jailed for praising twin bomb blasts in İstanbul

A Turkish court has arrested four people over tweets praising twin bomb attacks on Turkish police officers outside a football stadium in İstanbul on...

Syrian columnist Mahalli taken to emergency ward from detention

Critical Syrian columnist Hüsnü Mahalli, who was detained on Tuesday night after pro-government media targeted him for his stance on the Syrian war, was...

Female client stripped naked, severely beaten by policemen, lawyer claims

An Istanbul-based lawyer told the Etkin News Agency that her female client was forced to strip naked and severely beaten by a group of...

HDP’s Demirtaş taken to hospital in Edirne

Co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş, who was jailed last month, was taken to Trakya University Hospital on Wednesday, upon...

Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Önlü detained at Ankara airport

Turkish police on Wednesday detained Alican Önlü, a deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), on charges of links to the outlawed Kurdistan...

Erdoğan, Putin discuss humanitarian plight in Aleppo on phone

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a phone call on Wednesday to push for the evacuation of civilians from...

CHP: Erdoğan’s call for national mobilization would legitimize PKK

In reaction to a call by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for national mobilization against all terror organizations, Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy group chairman...

Call for caliphate made from municipal vehicle in İstanbul

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Aykut Erdoğdu shared a video on his Twitter account showing a man calling for the establishment of...

Top court refuses to annul article that punishes insulting Erdoğan

Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday declined to abolish Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK), which stipulates punishment for insults to the president,...

Erdoğan declares national mobilization against all terror organizations

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he is declaring a national mobilization against all terror organizations in the aftermath of twin bomb attacks in...

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