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2 students arrested over social media posts about Boğaziçi protests

Two students have been jailed due to their messages on social media in support of protests sparked by the appointment of a pro-government rector...

114 detained, 43 arrested in İstanbul-based operation over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police on Saturday detained 114 people over alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement as part of an İstanbul-based operation conducted across the country,...

Boğaziçi students list demands, vow to continue protests in open letter to Erdoğan

Students of İstanbul’s prestigious Boğaziçi University have written an open letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, listing their demands and promising that their...

2 Turkish journalists face 31 years on charges of revealing state secrets

A Turkish prosecutor is seeking a prison sentence of up to 31 years, six months for both Müyesser Yıldız, the Ankara news editor for...

Intercultural marriages among Turkey’s non-Muslim minorities: Love versus the threat of assimilation

Alin Ozinian Members of Turkey’s non-Muslim minority groups who are in intercultural marriages face a wide range of challenges and problems regarding the preservation of...

End of the line for the PKK?

Cevheri Güven As Turkey prepares to deal a final blow to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which it has largely decimated in recent years, the...

Erdoğan says political opponents behind student protests

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday accused his political opponents of being behind a month of student protests rattling his 18-year rule, Agence...

Turkish court orders continued detention of activist Kavala

An İstanbul court ruled to keep prominent businessman and human rights activist Osman Kavala behind bars at the second hearing of a trial concerning...

Turkey’s Uighurs fear extradition to China due to new treaty with Ankara

Uighurs living in exile in Turkey fear extradition to China, where they face persecution, a concern that emerged after the two countries began to...

Twitter removes Turkish far-right leader’s tweet targeting Boğaziçi students

A tweet posted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s far-right ultranationalist ally Devlet Bahçeli that referred to students protesting the appointment of a pro-government...

Erdoğan says jailed businessman Kavala’s wife among ‘provocateurs’ of Boğaziçi protests

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday targeted Ayşe Buğra, the wife of jailed businessman and rights activist Osman Kavala, claiming that she is...

Twitter accounts backing Erdoğan aide’s views on Boğaziçi protests revealed to be fake profiles

A Twitter user has revealed that many accounts sharing posts of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s communications director Fahrettin Altun along with comments supporting his...

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