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Former HDP deputy Ferhat Encü released from prison

Former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şırnak deputy Ferhat Encü was released from Kandıra Prison in northern Turkey on Friday where he had been jailed since February...

Wife of exiled Turkish journalist reunites with family despite being denied passport

Dilek Dündar, the spouse of journalist Can Dündar, who lives in exile in Germany, announced on Friday that she has finally been able to rejoin her...

Pro-gov’t journalist attacked after insults targeting Turkish generals

Pro-government Yeni Akit daily journalist Murat Alan was beaten on Friday in an İstanbul neighborhood by four men with sticks, the Habertürk news website reported. Alan was...

Turkish Interior Ministry designates partner foundation as terrorism-linked

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has declared a foundation that has worked with the ministry on dozens of projects on refugees to be linked to terrorism, the T24...

Turkish prosecutors seek aggravated life for HDP politicians targeted by interior minister

Adana prosecutors have indicted 12 local politicians from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who were previously verbally targeted by Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, the Artı Gerçek news...

2 Turkish journalists moved from prison to house arrest

Editor Semiha Şahin and reporter Pınar Gayıp from the Etkin News Agency (ETHA) have been released from prison into house arrest, the Bianet news website reported on...

Turkish university student sentenced to 7.5 years over Gülen links

Muhammed Harun Bulut, a Turkish university student in Adana province, on Thursday was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison for membership in the faith-based...

Turkish columnist turns self in to serve prison sentence for insulting Erdoğan

A Turkish columnist who was assaulted last month in front of his apartment turned himself in on Thursday to serve a nearly one-year jail sentence for...

İstanbul University students prevented from displaying blank poster at graduation

Journalism students at İstanbul University were prevented from displaying a blank poster at their graduation ceremony out of fear that a political message could later be...

İstanbul Municipality workers demonstrate against opposition candidate İmamoğlu

Employees of the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality on Wednesday held a demonstration in protest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the opposition candidate for İstanbul mayor, accusing him of conducting a...

We can’t accept no progress in Gülen’s extradition case: Turkey’s justice minister

“It is not possible for us to accept that there is still not any progress on this issue,” Turkey’s justice minister told journalists in Washington, referring...

Erdoğan not to hold election rallies for repeat İstanbul vote

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is also the leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), will not hold rallies for his party’s mayoral...

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