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Lawyer of arrested officers detained for Gülen movement propaganda

Lawyer Kemal Uçar, known for his critical statements concerning July 15, 2016 coup attempt cases, has been detained as part of an investigation into...

Leftist rights activist visits grave of teacher tortured to death after coup

Veli Saçılık, a sociologist and leftist human rights activist, has visited the grave of Gökhan Açıkkollu, a teacher who was tortured to death while...

Prison administration tells Kurdish woman to speak in Turkish

A prison administration in İstanbul asked a female prisoner to speak in Turkish rather than Kurdish on the phone with her mother or be...

Father of soldier slain in Afrin turns out to be KHK victim

The father of Turkish soldier Abdullah Taha Koç, who was killed during an ongoing military operation in the Afrin region of Syria, has turned...

US calls on Turkey to cease human rights abuses, restore democracy

A member of the Delegation of the United States to the UN Human Rights Council in an address during the organization’s 37th session in...

US Special Counsel Mueller investigating Jared Kushner’s links to Turkey

Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of and special advisor to US President Trump, is being investigated over his foreign links to a number of countries...

[OPINION] UAE sweep exposes Turkish intelligence links to jihadists in Syria

by Abdullah Bozkurt The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, which has aided, funded and armed jihadist groups in Syria for years, is troubled by...

25 gendarmerie officers detained over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police on Saturday detained 25 gendarmerie officers including some who had previously been suspended over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement as...

Correspondent decries double standards of int’l press, rights bodies for jailed Turkish journalists

Ahead of the second anniversary of the seizure of the Zaman Media Group by a government led by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the...

Emergency rule commission approves 100 job reinstatements out of 6,400

The State of Emergency Procedures Investigation Commission, which was established by a decree-law issued on Jan. 23, 2017, announced that it has finalized a...

[UPDATE] Detention warrants issued for 197 over alleged Gülen links

The Ankara and İzmir chief public prosecutor’s offices on Friday issued detention warrants for 197 people, including police officers, military personnel, teachers and executives...

[UPDATE] 8 new Turkish fatalities reported in Afrin operation

Eight Turkish soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in clashes with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia in the Afrin region of Syria, the...

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