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Council of Europe calls for end to emergency rule in Turkey as soon as possible

Human Rights Commissioner at the Council of Europe Nils Muiznieks has called on Turkish authorities to end in the shortest time possible a state...

Ankara: Shiite militias should not participate in Mosul operation

Turkey has said an operation against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Mosul should be carried out by local forces...

Newly released RedHack suspect says threatened with rape during detention

After he was kept behind bars for 12 days as part of an investigation into Turkish hacker group RedHack, Taylan Kulaçoğlu, an alleged member...

Award-winning author Murat Özyaşar released after 1 week in detention

Murat Özyaşar, an award-winning author and teacher who was detained by Turkish counterterrorism police on Oct. 1, was released on Friday, his wife Sibel...

Turkey arrests 33 members of Kimse Yok Mu aid foundation over Gülen ties

Thirty-three out of 40 members of the Kimse Yok Mu aid foundation who were referred to court on Wednesday were arrested on Friday as...

6 including suspected Yenibosna bomber arrested in Aksaray

İstanbul police have arrested six people including the suspected perpetrator of a motorcycle bomb attack in İstanbul’s Yenibosna neighborhood on Thursday that wounded 10...

Washington Post asks Twitter not to let itself become tool for President Erdoğan

Twitter should keep journalists’ accounts open and not become a tool of repression for Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan, considering that laws are often used...

Gov’t appointed mayor assigns theater actors as municipal police

Deputy Governor Bilal Özkan, who replaced the mayor of Diyarbakır’s Sur district after the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government appointed trustees to run...

Communist Party member arrested for insulting Turkish President Erdoğan

Yücel D., reportedly a member of the Communist Party of Turkey and Marxist Leninist Movement (TKP/ML), was arrested in Çorum province on Thursday over...

Baghdad seeks Security Council session over Turkish military presence in Iraq

Iraq has requested an emergency UN Security Council session over the presence of Turkish troops at the Bashiqa army base north of Mosul in...

Policemen who confronted putschist solders sacked in latest police force purge

A number of police officers who confronted putschist soldiers on July 15, when a group of rogue soldiers attempted to topple the government by...

Minority Rights Group: Turkey’s closure of TV stations violates freedom of expression

The closure of IMC TV and other independent and minority media channels by the Turkish government is a grave violation of the right to...

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