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Student wearing ‘part-time hero’ T-shirt released after brief detention

A university student in the Lapseki district of Çanakkale province was released on Sunday after a brief detention for wearing a T-shirt bearing the...

[OPINION] Erdoğan helps neo-nationalists drive anti-American campaign in Turkey

Abdullah Bozkurt One of the two main drivers of anti-American sentiment among youths in Turkey is the relentless campaign by a militant neo-nationalist group led...

Erdoğan daily to Trump envoy: Shameless blackmailer

The pro-government Yeni Şafak daily has called Brett McGurk, US President Donald Trump's special envoy to the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL "a shameless...

Turkey’s former ambassador to Ghana sent to jail over Gülen links

Şentürk Uzun, Turkey’s former ambassador to Ghana, has been put in pretrial detention over his alleged links with Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news...

Rights defenders’ report says there is no ‘court’ left in Turkey

A platform established by rights defenders of victims of a massive purge that has been ongoing in Turkey since a failed coup on July...

Another Kurdish deputy detained at airport

A deputy from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Saadet Becerikli, was detained on Saturday in Turkey’s southeastern town of Batman. Becerikli was taken into custody...

Turkish citizen residing in Germany detained on vacation for insulting Erdoğan

A Turkish man resident in Germany was detained at the Turkish border due to his social media posts allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...

HDP deputy asks Erdoğan to apologize to Demirtaş

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy and spokesperson Osman Baydemir has asked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to apologize to HDP Co-chair Selahattin...

Court accepts indictment seeking up to 23 years in prison for HDP deputy

An indictment drafted by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office seeking between 9.5 and 23 years for pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) İzmir deputy...

Dihaber journalist arrested on terror charges

Erdoğan Alayumat, a journalist working for the Dihaber news website who was detained along with journalist Nuri Akman on July 13 due to a...

Switzerland warns travelers to Turkey against bans and imprisonment

The Swiss foreign ministry issued a statement on Wednesday warning travelers to Turkey against entry and exit bans and imprisonment without due process. The statement...

Parliamentary status of two HDP deputies removed due to ‘absence’

The parliamentary status of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Van deputy Tuğba Hezer Öztürk and Şırnak deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız was removed in a vote...

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