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‘March of Justice’ reaches İstanbul on its 23rd day

A “March of Justice” launched by Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on June 15 to protest the arrest of a CHP deputy...

Detained human rights defenders to remain in police custody for 7 days

Eight human rights activists who were detained during a digital security and information management workshop organized by Amnesty International (AI) in İstanbul on Wednesday...

Erdoğan says EP resolution advising freeze of talks not binding, of no value

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the approval of a resolution in the European Parliament (EP) that calls for the freezing of EU...

Deputies to face fine for use of word ‘Kurdistan’ in Parliament

Members of the Turkish Parliament will have to pay fines if they use the word "Kurdistan" in Parliament, according to proposed changes to the...

Sala prayers to be read in 90,000 mosques on anniversary of coup attempt

The first anniversary of a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 is to be marked with sala prayers read in 90,000...

Jailed HDP Co-chair Demirtaş refuses to attend hearing in handcuffs

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been behind bars since November, refused to attend a court hearing on Friday when...

57 detained over ByLock use in İstanbul

Turkish police teams on Friday detained 57 individuals from various professions in İstanbul's 32 districts on the grounds that they use a smart phone...

Report reveals 700 out of 950 Turkish military officers abroad purged after failed coup

More than 700 out of 950 Turkish military officers serving at NATO and in Turkish diplomatic missions around the world are estimated to have...

[VIDEO] MEPs criticize rights violations in Turkey as EP resolution suggests freezing accession talks

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have strongly criticized the Turkish government for its systematic violation of human rights and persecution of the opposition...

Detained human rights defenders taken to different police stations

The whereabouts of eight human rights activists and two trainers who were detained during a during a digital security and information management workshop organized...

CHP expects 1.5 million to attend ‘Justice Rally’ in Maltepe

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) announced on Thursday that they expect 1.5 million people to attend a rally in İstanbul’s Maltepe district...

Amnesty calls detention of human rights defenders ‘grotesque abuse of power’

Amnesty International (AI) Secretary-General Salil Shetty has harshly criticized the detention of AI Turkey Director İdil Eser along with seven other human rights activists...

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