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Detained woman, newborn baby transferred to police station 240 km from home

Detained hours after giving birth at a private hospital in İstanbul early on Tuesday, a woman named Ayşe Kaya has been transferred to a...

Mother of 6 arrested since police failed to locate husband suspected of Gülen links

Meryem Şentürk, a mother of six from Zonguldak, was arrested a week ago after police failed to locate her husband, who has been under...

Elderly woman among 275 detained over Gülen links in one day

At least 275 people have been detained in the past day over alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to the Turkish media. The Turkish...

Journalism seen as crime only in totalitarian regimes, says jailed Cumhuriyet reporter Şık

Cumhuriyet daily reporter Ahmet Şık, who was detained on Dec. 22 and arrested on Dec. 30, 2016 on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda, said...

Another woman detained at hospital in witch-hunt targeting Gülen movement

Ayşe Kaya, who gave birth on Tuesday, was detained by police in İstanbul's Esenyurt district on Wednesday as part of witch-hunt launched by the...

Association president proposes not renting houses to Gülen-linked people in Turkey

Konya Chamber of Real Estate Agents President Sedat Altınay said on Wednesday that real estate agents should have a system to prevent people with...

Ankara appoints Turkey’s first headscarved deputy as ambassador to Malaysia

Former Virtue Party (FP) deputy Merve Safa Kavakçı, whose citizenship was revoked after she attempted to take the parliamentary oath wearing a headscarf in...

Amnesty director has no visitors due to lack of immediate family

Director of Amnesty International (AI) Turkey Idil Eser, who has been jailed since her detention on July 5, has no visitors since she does...

Gülmen and Özakça’s lawyer: They will end hunger strike when their voices are heard

Selçuk Kozağaçlı, the lawyer for imprisoned educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, has said the two will end their hunger strike when they feel...

Israel to Erdoğan: The days of the Ottoman Empire are over

In response to statements made by Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan that linked the problems in Palestine to the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Israeli...

Turkey says Israel’s statements are absurd, baseless and accusatory

The Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Relations Commission chairman, Taha Özhan, has responded to criticisms of Turkey made by Israel and said they are absurd, baseless...

Amnesty says Turkish FM’s ‘baseless allegations’ threaten human rights movement

In response to statements made by Turkish Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu in Brussels on Tuesday, Amnesty International’s (AI) Europe Director John Dalhuisen has said the...

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