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Reporting under fire: Mezopotamya news agency

Cevheri Güven In Turkey, where more than 150 journalists are in prison, the Mezopotamya news agency (MA) stands out as the latest major target of...

‘Warning shot’ fired by Turkish soldier killed Kurdish teenager, says governor

A 16-year-old Kurdish boy who died after being shot by a Turkish soldier was hit by a "warning shot," the governor of eastern Hakkari...

Being a Kurdish journalist in Turkey: Exile or prison

The Mesopotamia news agency’s (MA) office in the eastern city of Van has experienced two police raids over the past two months and had...

Former AKP deputy under investigation for offering condolences to family of slain YPG militant

Galip Ensarioğlu, a former deputy from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has testified to prosecutors as part of a terrorism investigation launched...

Kurdish villager admitted to hospital due to ‘fall from a helicopter’: medical report

According to a medical report that appeared in local media on Sunday, one of two Kurdish villagers who were allegedly tortured by Turkish soldiers...

Turkish soldiers tortured Kurdish villagers, threw them from helicopter, locals say

Turkish soldiers tortured two Kurdish villagers they had detained, throwing them from a helicopter after battering them, eyewitnesses claim. A medical report for one of...

Austria to press charges against Turkish spy

Austria will prosecute a person who has confessed to spying for Turkey's intelligence agency, the country's interior minister said on Tuesday. The finding surfaced following...

Turkish court acquits British academic who signed peace petition

An İstanbul high criminal court on Thursday ruled to acquit British academic Chris Stephenson, who was tried for allegedly spreading terrorist propaganda due to his signature on...

Turks outnumbered Kurds in asylum applications to Germany in 2018: report

The number of Turks seeking asylum in Germany surpassed that of Turkish citizens of Kurdish origin in 2018, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on...

German citizen deported by Turkey while standing trial for terrorist propaganda

A 55-year-old German citizen from Hamburg who was arrested last summer in Turkey on charges of terrorism was deported to Germany, Deutsche Welle Turkish...

Ultranationalist Homeland Party asks prosecutor for closure of pro-Kurdish HDP

Deputy Chairman of the Homeland Party (VP) Nusret Senem has submitted a petition to the chief prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals seeking...

Report shows at least 2,000 HDP officials detained in 2018

A report prepared by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on the occasion of the Dec.10, Human Rights Day, has revealed that at least...

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