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Detention warrants issued for 118 over alleged Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 118 people including active-duty and former military officers due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement...

Turkish citizens rank fourth among asylum seekers in Germany

People holding a Turkish passport were the fourth largest group seeking asylum in Germany in 2020, with 5,196 Turkish citizens lodging asylum applications last...

Famous Kurdish poet released from jail, says arrest was unlawful

Famous Kurdish poet, writer and journalist Yılmaz Odabaşı, who was arrested in İstanbul on Wednesday, was released on Thursday and said his arrest was...

Turkish court hands down life sentences to dozens of officers in 2016 coup trial

A Turkish court has handed down life sentences to 92 military officers for their alleged roles in a failed coup in Turkey on July...

OHAL commission has rejected 99,140 applications out of 126,630 to date

A commission set up by the Turkish government to look into complaints from individuals who were adversely affected by government decrees during a state...

Renowned Kurdish poet arrested shortly after criticizing Turkish gov’t crackdown on Gülen movement

Famous Kurdish poet, writer and journalist Yılmaz Odabaşı was arrested in İstanbul shortly after he criticized an ongoing crackdown by the Turkish government on...

EP draft report on Turkey details serious rights violations suffered by Gülen followers

A draft report on Turkey prepared by the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee and released on Dec. 21 emphasizes serious human rights violations that...

Journalist not released from prison despite serving required time, opposition deputy says

A Turkish journalist who was given a prison sentence of six years, three months on terrorism charges is not being released from prison despite...

Scores of women tell of unlawful strip-searches in Turkey’s prisons after AKP deputy’s denial

A number of women subjected to unlawful strip-searches in Turkey’s prisons have come forward to talk about their experiences in videos shared on social...

AKP deputy denies strip-searches in Turkey’s prisons, accuses prominent MP of terrorizing parliament

In the wake of outrage on social media over strip-searches in Turkey’s prisons and detention centers, ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy group...

Exiled tycoon says Turkish gov’t members to appear in int’l courts over unlawful confiscations

Cevheri Güven Exiled Turkish businessman Akın İpek has said members of the Turkish government and judiciary who are behind the confiscation of his family’s assets...

Exiled journalist warns of a genocide in the making in newly released book

Bünyamin Tekin "The increasingly widespread witch-hunt, systematic and widespread hate speech, ongoing persecution and massacre of Gulen movement members have made conditions in Turkey ripe...

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