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CHP to consider Erdoğan’s proposal about special uniforms for coup suspects

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Engin Altay has said his party will consider a proposal from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan about special...

32 detained in Diyarbakır for protesting dismissals under gov’t decree

Turkish police detained 32 members of the Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions (KESK), some of whom were dismissed under a government decree issued...

BIA report: 142 aggravated life sentences sought for 301 journalists in Turkey

A recently released quarterly report, the BIA Media Monitoring Report, has revealed that 136 journalists were in Turkish jails as of July 1 while...

HDP deputy given jail sentence for posting PKK operatives’ photos on social media

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy İbrahim Ayhan has been handed down a prison sentence of 15 months for posting the photos of...

İstanbul court arrests 6 rights activists including Amnesty Turkey director

Six human rights activists, including Amnesty International’s (AI) Turkey director İdil Eser, who were detained on July 5 during a workshop at a hotel...

14 military personnel detained over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police on Monday detained 14 members of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) across six provinces over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which...

Coup suspects to appear in courts in special uniforms, Turkish Deputy PM says

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Monday that Justice Ministry officials are working to design a special uniform for suspects who are...

AKP corrects Erdoğan’s disputed statement about Turkey’s population

Following reactions to a remark made by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan portraying the Turkish population as 50 million, the ruling Justice and Development Party...

Turkish Parliament to discuss immunity of 29 more opposition deputies

Dossiers for 29 more opposition deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the Republican People's Party (CHP) have been submitted to a...

[UPDATE] Mother of three released after giving testimony

Yasemin Özkan, who gave birth to her third child last week by C-section and was served with a detention warrant immediately afterwards, was released...

[UPDATE] Turkey extends state of emergency for 4th time

The Turkish Parliament has extended for three more months a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey...

CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu says determined to launch more street protests

Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who completed a 25-day-long “March of Justice” from Ankara to İstanbul on July 9 in protest of...

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