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All speakers male in panel discussion organized by Turkish municipality for women’s day

The Kepez Municipality in the western Turkish province of Çanakkale has organized a panel discussion on the occasion of International Women’s Day on March...

Amnesty volunteer Webb writes letter of solidarity to jailed journalist Parıldak

Felicity Webb, an Amnesty International activist from the UK, has written a letter of solidarity to journalist Ayşenur Parıldak, who is among the dozens...

Deputy: 4-year-old on antidepressants to cope with separation from jailed parents

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and human rights activist Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu brought up the case of a purge victim family in parliament on...

Erdoğan calls on HDP co-chair to leave Turkey for saying ‘Kurdistan’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday called on Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Sezai Temelli to leave the country due to his remarks...

Turkish gov’t secretly investigated family members of critical journalists in Turkey

The Turkish government secretly investigated the family members of journalists critical of the government including their spouses and children, a document obtained by Nordic...

Citizens refusing to take AKP election brochures blacklisted: report

Turkish citizens who refuse to accept election brochures from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for the upcoming local elections are being blacklisted,...

Woman says husband abducted by armed men in Edirne

Fatma Betül Zeybek, the wife of Turkish national Salih Zeybek, has said her husband was abducted by armed men in the Turkish province of...

AKP’s Şentop becomes new Turkish parliament speaker

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Mustafa Şentop became the new Turkish parliament speaker after a vote held on Sunday. Şentop garnered 336 votes...

Supreme Court of Appeals judge sentenced to 7 years over Gülen links

Mustafa Akkuş, a former member of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals, was sentenced on Monday to seven years, six months in prison on charges...

Turkey orders detention of 82 military members, 46 civilians over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors on Monday ordered the detention of 82 military members and 46 others as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the...

Islam is compatible with democracy, ‘Islamic state’ is an oxymoron, Gülen writes in Le Monde

US-based Turkish Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen has said there is no incompatibility between democratic and Islamic values, adding that an “Islamic state” would be...

Erdoğan threatens HDP municipalities with more trustees

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday threatened the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) with appointing trustees to municipalities run by their mayors if the...

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