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Former AKP deputy detained over ByLock use

Former Justice and Development Party (AKP) Yalova deputy Şükrü Önder has been detained for his use of a smart phone application known as ByLock,...

Teacher arrested after repairman finds Gülen’s audio CD in computer

A Samsun teacher identified as Osman K. was detained after a repairman found a CD in his computer that features speeches by Turkish Islamic...

Turkish intellectuals call for attention to academics on hunger strike

A group of intellectuals and artists have called on Turkish authorities to meet the demands of Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two dismissed educators...

Amnesty calls on Tillerson to push for release of its Turkey chair

Amnesty International's (AI) board of directors has written a letter to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson asking him to call for the immediate...

German lawyers criticize ECtHR’s rejection of applications from Turkey

The German Bar Association (DAV) has criticized the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which rejected applications concerning post-coup worker purges in Turkey on...

Gendarmes detain 4 Turks attempting to flee to Greece

Four people have been detained in the Keşan district of Edirne province while attempting to flee to Greece in a bid to escape a...

İstanbul court rejects objection to arrest of CHP deputy Berberoğlu

The İstanbul 15th High Criminal Court on Monday rejected an objection to the arrest of main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu...

Another dismissed gov’t employee reported abducted in Turkey’s capital

Yet another post-coup victim was forced into a black van in broad daylight in Turkey’s capital province of Ankara, according to a family member. Cemil...

Woman detained along with 40-day-old baby while visiting jailed husband

Zehra Elbir, a former court clerk who was earlier dismissed from her job in the government’s post-coup purge of state institutions, was detained only 40 days...

CHP leader finds re-arrest of Kavurmacı wrong

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu criticized a decision to re-arrest Ömer Faruk Kavurmacı, the son-in-law of İstanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş,...

[UPDATE] İstanbul mayor’s son-in-law arrested again

Businessman Ömer Faruk Kavurmacı, the son-in-law of İstanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş, who was detained on Friday following his release by an İstanbul court on...

Amnesty launches campaign for release of AI Turkey chairman

The London-based human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has launched a campaign for urgent action against the recent imprisonment of Taner Kılıç, a lawyer...

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