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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...

Amnesty International reiterates call for jailed businessman’s immediate release

Amnesty International reiterated its call for jailed businessman Osman Kavala’s “immediate and unconditional” release as he marked 708 days behind bars in pre-trial detention. A third hearing...

Turkish gendarmes detain 8 performers for singing in Kurdish: report

Eight Kurdish singers were detained on Friday by Turkish gendarmes on allegations of spreading terrorist propaganda in the Viranşehir district of Urfa province by singing in...

Ankara Governor’s Office bans meeting planned by purge victims

The Ankara Governor’s Office has banned a meeting planned to take place in the capital city this weekend by victims of a government purge in the...

Former HDP deputy released from jail after top court’s ruling

Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy who has been behind bars since late 2018, has been released from prison following a decision...

Turkish polling guru says AKP’s ‘core voter base’ at low point

Bekir Ağırdır, the general manager of KONDA, one of Turkey’s leading polling companies, said the core voter base of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has...

Turkish victims of boat tragedy laid to rest on Chios Island

Seven Turks -- two women and five children -- who drowned when a boat carrying 19 people capsized on Sept. 27 in the eastern Aegean...

Ankara mayor files complaint against former mayor over claims of water pollution in capital

Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş has filed a criminal complaint against Melih Gökçek, mayor of  Ankara from 1994 to 2017, on allegations of creating panic and fear...

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