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Turkish security forces killed 5, injured 10 in SE Turkey in 2020: rights group

Turkey's Human Rights Association (İHD) on Thursday published a report on rights violations in Kurdish-majority southeastern Turkey in 2020, saying that security forces killed...

Turkish gov’t imposes record number of advertising bans on opposition newspapers in 2020

Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating publicly funded advertisements in the media, in 2020 imposed 88 percent of its...

Turkey wants dissident academic and journalist extradited from UK on trumped-up charges: report

The Turkish government is gearing up to file an extradition request for a dissident academic and critical journalist who took shelter in the United...

54 active duty and former officers face detention warrants over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 54 former and active duty officers over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, accused by the...

114 detained, 43 arrested in İstanbul-based operation over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police on Saturday detained 114 people over alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement as part of an İstanbul-based operation conducted across the country,...

End of the line for the PKK?

Cevheri Güven As Turkey prepares to deal a final blow to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which it has largely decimated in recent years, the...

Turkish court orders continued detention of activist Kavala

An İstanbul court ruled to keep prominent businessman and human rights activist Osman Kavala behind bars at the second hearing of a trial concerning...

Lymphoma patient arrested over Gülen links

Veysel Alıcı, 41, who is battling lymphoma, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Stockholm Center for...

Paralyzed man found ‘fit to remain in prison’ by forensic medicine council

The İstanbul Council of Forensic Medicine said a paralyzed inmate with several health problems was “fit to remain in prison,” despite acknowledging in its...

Turkish Foreign Ministry rejects US criticism of protest crackdown

Turkey on Thursday rejected US criticism of mass detentions of students during a month of escalating protests, telling Washington not to interfere in its...

Turkish minister says Gülen movement was not behind July 15, hints at US role

In sharp contrast to the narrative of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) regarding the masterminds of a failed coup in Turkey on...

I could hear the screams of tortured detainees, former bureaucrat says

“During my 10 days in detention, I could hear the screams of other detainees who were being tortured,” said Servet Erdil when talking about...

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