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Another Kurdish deputy detained at airport

A deputy from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Saadet Becerikli, was detained on Saturday in Turkey’s southeastern town of Batman. Becerikli was taken into custody...

Top judicial body instructs judges to arrest more Gülen supporters: report

According to a document that the Kronos news website published on Saturday, Turkey’s top judicial body, the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), sent...

Görmez story creates more questions about July 15

A new revelation about a meeting between Mehmet Görmez, the director of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet), and Hakan Fidan, National Intelligence Organization (MİT)...

[VIDEO] 7 of 12 jailed Cumhuriyet journalists released pending trial

An İstanbul court on Friday released seven journalists and continued the pretrial detention of five others who were jailed as part of an investigation...

HDP deputy asks Erdoğan to apologize to Demirtaş

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy and spokesperson Osman Baydemir has asked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to apologize to HDP Co-chair Selahattin...

Gül says journalists on trial should not be in pretrial detention

Former Turkish President Abdullah Gül said journalists who stand trial should not be put under pretrial detention, in response to reporters’ questions on Friday...

Court accepts indictment seeking up to 23 years in prison for HDP deputy

An indictment drafted by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office seeking between 9.5 and 23 years for pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) İzmir deputy...

Dihaber journalist arrested on terror charges

Erdoğan Alayumat, a journalist working for the Dihaber news website who was detained along with journalist Nuri Akman on July 13 due to a...

Journalist detained in Mersin for carrying a magazine

A journalist working for the Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper, Özkan Erdal, has been detained in the Tarsus district of Mersin province, the Evrensel daily reported...

Switzerland warns travelers to Turkey against bans and imprisonment

The Swiss foreign ministry issued a statement on Wednesday warning travelers to Turkey against entry and exit bans and imprisonment without due process. The statement...

Journalist sent to jail for attending pro-Kurdish forum gathering

Yusuf Karataş, a columnist for the Evrensel newspaper, was put in pretrial detention as part of an investigation into the Democratic People’s Congress (DTK),...

Parliamentary status of two HDP deputies removed due to ‘absence’

The parliamentary status of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Van deputy Tuğba Hezer Öztürk and Şırnak deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız was removed in a vote...

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