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Amnesty calls on Turkey to act over alleged enforced disappearances

Turkey must answer calls to action on alleged enforced disappearances, a campaigner from Amnesty International said on Monday, Deutsche Welle Turkish edition reported, citing...

Ankara summons US ambassador over response to Turkish deaths in Iraq

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned US Ambassador David M. Satterfield to express Turkey’s reaction “in the strongest terms” to a US statement...

Kidnapped police officer, executed in northern Iraq, turns out to be purge victim

One of 13 Turkish nationals held hostage by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and killed in a PKK camp in northern Iraq on...

Journalists, rights activists given suspended sentences on terror charges in Özgür Gündem trial

A Turkish court on Monday handed down suspended sentences to four journalists and human rights activists who were tried on charges of terrorism for...

2 HDP deputies under investigation due to comments about Gara operation

Turkish prosecutors launched have investigations into two prominent lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) over their remarks critical of a Turkish military...

Pro-Kurdish politicians among 718 detained in Turkish counterterrorism operations

One day after Turkey announced the killing of 13 Turkish nationals held hostage in northern Iraq by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkish...

Erdoğan accuses US of backing terrorists in Iraq

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday accused the United States of siding with terrorists after announcing that outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants...

PKK militants executed 13 Turks in northern Iraq: Ankara

Turkey on Sunday accused outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants of executing 13 Turkish nationals, mainly members of the security forces, whom they had...

Sailors kidnapped off Nigeria arrive back in Turkey

Fifteen Turkish sailors who were kidnapped on a cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria last month arrived back in İstanbul on Sunday, where...

CHP deputy questions record number of advertising bans on opposition dailies

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) lawmaker Sezgin Tanrıkulu has directed a parliamentary question to Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, asking the reason behind...

Court releases 2 students arrested over social media posts supporting Boğaziçi protests

Two students who were arrested on Feb. 7 due to their messages on social media in support of protests sparked by the appointment of...

Party leaders slam release of opposition politician’s attackers

Opposition party leaders have condemned the release of five men who attacked Selçuk Özdağ, deputy chairman of the opposition Gelecek (Future) Party, in front...

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