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Malaysian human rights group says deportation of Turkish family ‘wrong and unjust’

A Malaysian human rights group has said the deportation of Arif Komiş and his family to Turkey upon a request from Ankara, which claimed they were...

Turkey detains 15 journalists, bans 700 news articles, in August

Fifteen Turkish journalists were detained and access was banned to 700 online news articles in the month of August, according to a Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGİ) report,...

Prior conviction prevents Demirtaş’s release from prison after court ruling

The Ankara 19th High Criminal Court on Monday ruled to release jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş pending trial, but he was not allowed to leave prison...

Erdoğan pledges reform in judiciary at new judicial year ceremony: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday said his government would move forward with reforms to the country’s judicial system, the Hürriyet Daily News reported. “We are...

Turkey has prosecuted some 1,500 lawyers, arrested 599, since failed coup: report

Turkey has prosecuted more than 1,500 attorneys, arresting 599 of them, on terrorism charges, since a 2016 failed coup, according to a newly released...

Defense minister says 17,498 expelled from Turkish military so far over Gülen links

Turkey’s defense minister, Hulusi Akar, has announced that to date a total of 17,498 members of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have been expelled from the...

Erdoğan calls on Davutoğlu to reveal what he knows after terrorism remarks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu to reveal what he knows about the country’s bloodiest summer in 2015 when...

70-year-old illiterate woman gets 3 years for carrying placard during 2009 march

Raife İnatçı, a 70-year-old illiterate woman from the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır, was sent to jail due to a placard she carried during a march...

Gov’t-appointed trustee to Mardin fires 150 workers

On the 10th day of his controversial appointment by the Turkish government as trustee of the southeastern Turkish city of Mardin, Mustafa Yaman, the province’s former governor,...

OHAL commission has rejected 77,600 out of 126,200 applications to date

A commission set up by the Turkish government to look into complaints from individuals who were adversely affected by government decrees during a state of emergency...

Erdoğan says he wishes for a Turkey with a freer press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, whose government has jailed scores of critical journalists and closed down hundreds of media outlets, has said he wishes for a...

Large pro-Turkish-gov’t media company downsizing due to financial difficulties

One of Turkey’s largest pro-government media outlets, TürkMedya, operating a number of dailies, TV stations and magazines, has decided to downsize due to increasing financial difficulties, the...

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