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Rights defender: Prosecutor’s office hiding facts of teacher’s death in custody

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, one of Turkey’s most renowned human rights activists, rebuffed a statement made by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday...

As trial nears end, journalists say they are being punished for doing their job

The trial of 29 journalists charged with membership in a terrorist organization resumed in İstanbul on Wednesday, with the journalists delivering their final defense...

Woman jailed for Gülen links not released despite risk of loss of vision

One of 17,000 women who were jailed in Turkey in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016 due to alleged...

Summaries of proceedings filed for 3 HDP deputies due to Afrin criticism

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed summaries of proceedings for three deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on terror charges...

Erdoğan says West might have technology but Turkey has faith in God

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticized Western countries for disrespecting Turkey’s security concerns, saying they may have advanced technology but Turkey has faith...

65 defendants from Naval Forces Command receive life sentences in coup trial

A high criminal court in Ankara has handed down aggravated life sentences to 47 defendants and life sentences to 18 defendants from the Naval...

Cancer patient jailed for alleged Gülen links dies shortly after release from prison

A 42-year-old cancer patient, Deniz Hakan Şen, who was jailed in October 2017 due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died on...

Cellmate says tortured teacher was hurt more by insults than beatings

An expert in forensic medicine who shared a cell with Gökhan Açıkkollu, a teacher who was tortured to death while under detention in the...

ISIL suspects detained after US Embassy in Turkey closes due to terror threat

Turkish police on Monday thwarted a planned Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack on the US Embassy in Ankara, detaining suspects...

Polling company manager: 51 percent of vote not a piece of cake for allied parties

Bekir Ağırdır, the general manager of KONDA, one of Turkey’s leading polling companies, has said even if political parties make election alliances for the...

All Turkish TV shows taken off air by Saudi broadcaster MBC

The Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) has said it received instructions to remove all Turkish programming from all of its channels until further notice,...

Turkey jails teacher to pressure husband into ‘confessing’

The latest victim of the Turkish government's tactic of guilt by association with the purpose of blackmail is Semra Çakır, a 41-year-old teacher, and...

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