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Turkish-Armenian rights activist detained over tweet about FM’s family

Arlet Natali Avazyan, a Turkish human rights activist of Armenian origin, was detained in Ä°stanbul on Tuesday due to a family photo of Turkish Foreign Minister...

Turkish court rules to keep businessman Kavala in jail during Gezi Park trial

A Turkish court ruled to keep renowned Turkish philanthropist and rights advocate Osman Kavala, accused of trying to overthrow the government during the Gezi Park protests...

Turkish Parliament approves Syria, Iraq cross-border motion

A motion extending the mandate of the Turkish Armed Forces to conduct military operations in Iraq and Syria for another year was approved by the Turkish...

Turkey orders 80 detentions in post-coup crackdown on Gülen followers

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 80 people as part of a large-scale post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen movement. The Ankara Chief...

Court rules to keep Altan, Ilıcak and 3 others in prison during retrial

The İstanbul 26th High Criminal Court on Tuesday ruled for a continuation of the incarceration of five defendants, including veteran journalists Ahmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak,...

German NGO employee in Turkey gets suspended sentence for insulting ErdoÄŸan

A Turkish court on Tuesday handed down a one-year suspended sentence to Aret Demirci, a German citizen of Turkish origin and an employee of...

Syrian refugees in Turkey highlight racism after suicide of 9-year-old boy: report

Syrians in Turkey are highlighting widespread racism against refugees after the death by suicide of a 9-year-old boy in Kocaeli province on Friday, BBC reported. Wael al-Saud...

Former top court judge’s daughter says father kept in solitary confinement for 3 years

Nalan Dilara Uğur, the daughter of Hüsamettin Uğur, a former judge at Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals, has claimed that her father, who was jailed in...

HDP deputies face highest number of requests to revoke their immunity

There are a total of 758 dossiers in the Turkish Parliament that seek to remove the parliamentary immunity of 171 deputies, 526 of whom are Kurdish...

Opposition deputy claims intel agent pretending to be prison guard tortures inmates

Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a deputy from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has claimed that a National Intelligence Organization (MİT) agent who pretends to a prison...

Turkish court clears state of neglect of duty in 2007 murders of Christian publishing house employees

A Turkish court has acquitted the Interior Ministry and the Malatya Governor’s Office of neglect of duty in the brutal murder of three employees of Christian...

Turkey has seized 848 Gülen-linked dormitories since failed 2016 coup: ministry

Turkey has seized 848 student dormitories for affiliation with the faith-based Gülen movement since a failed coup attempt in 2016 and handed 769 of them over...

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