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HRW report: Turkish border guards shooting at, blocking fleeing Syrians

Turkish guards at the border with Syria are indiscriminately shooting at and summarily returning Syrian asylum seekers attempting to cross into Turkey, the New...

Kılıçdaroğlu wins re-election as CHP chairman

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), was re-elected leader of the party on Saturday with 790 votes at the...

7 Turkish soldiers killed in deadliest day of Afrin operation

The Turkish military announced on Saturday that seven Turkish soldiers were killed in one day in the Afrin region of Syria. According to the statement,...

Physicist retained sanity in Turkish prison by writing research papers

Ali Kaya, a theoretical physicist and professor at Turkey’s Boğaziçi University, has said he kept his sanity during 440 days of pretrial detention by...

Report: 572 lawyers in Turkey arrested, 80 convicted since failed coup

Five hundred seventy-two lawyers in Turkey have been arrested, 80 of whom have been convicted and sentenced to between four and 14 years in...

13 detained in Samsun over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police on Saturday detained 13 people in the Salıpazarı district of Samsun province over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run...

Erdoğan says Turkish military getting closer to city of Afrin

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday said Turkish troops are getting closer to the Syrian city of Afrin, the state-run Anadolu news agency...

Letter campaign launched for women, mothers with babies jailed in Turkey

An initiative called Set Them Free has launched a letter campaign to show solidarity with women in jail and mothers who are incarcerated with...

PM Yıldırım says 5 civilians killed in 82 rocket attacks from Syria in 12 days

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has announced that five civilians have been killed and more than 100 others injured in 82 rocket attacks from...

Anadolu reporter injured in Afrin rocket attack

Sarp Özer, a reporter for the state-run Anadolu news agency, was injured on Friday in a rocket attack in the Afrin region of Syria. According...

EU urges Turkey to ensure rule of law

The European Union on Friday expressed concern about recent judicial developments in Turkey, urging Ankara to ensure the rule of law. "The reversal of the...

13 more detained over TTB statement criticizing Turkey’s Afrin incursion

An additional 13 people have been detained over their messages of support for a statement released by the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) criticizing Turkey's...

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