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O.K., a purge victim in Zonguldak province who was detained on Aug. 1 last year over links to the Gülen movement, was tortured by police officers in a room without surveillance, stripped naked, beaten for 22 days and threatened with raping his wife. According to a story in Aktif Haber news portal, O.K. was detained

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy İdris Baluken, who was recently released from jail, was arrested in Ankara on Tuesday after a Diyarbakır court issued an arrest warrant for him. With the arrest of Balıken, the total number of the jailed pro-Kurdish deputies is now 13. On Friday, Ferhat Encü, another HDP deputy, was arrested

Twenty-four engineers from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBİTAK) were detained on Thursday. Early on Thursday, police teams carried out simultaneous operations in Kocaeli, İstanbul and Ankara province, and detained 24 engineers as part of an investigation launched by a Kocaeli prosecutor. All suspects were taken to Kocaeli for interrogation. The detainees

Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has announced that a total of 8, 477 people have been detained while 2,603 of them have been arrested due to their alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) over the past five months. Soylu said operations against the PKK intensified during winter and the Turkish security forces entered

A new government decree issued on Thursday makes the sale of companies seized by the state as part of an ongoing witch hunt on critics possible and seeks to transfer the proceeds to the state Treasury. In line with the new government decree numbered 687, Turkey’s Saving Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) will be authorized for

Filiz Y., a 30-year-old woman who gave birth at Mersin City Hospital last night, has been detained over alleged links to the Gulen movement, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Late on Sunday night, a group of police officers arrived at the hospital and demanded Filiz’s discharge as soon

Two disabled public workers were reported to have been dismissed in the new goverment decree Turkey announced as part of its post-coup emergency rule on Friday. Mithat Tokur, a worker with walking disability was dismissed from Turkish Employment Agency (TİK). Tokur also chairs Ankara office of the Turkish Association of the Handicapped (TSD). Meanwhile, visually impaired lawyer Arzu

A Turkish academic with a valid Malaysian visa was arrested by Malay officials on Dec. 13 upon an alleged request by Turkish authorities in Malaysia. Malay security personnel reportedly raided the house of academic İsmet Özçelik (59) on the grounds that his passport had been cancelled by Turkey over alleged involvement in a coup attempt

İştar Gözaydın, a leading law professor, was detained along with 13 other academics and staff from the now-closed Gediz University as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, on Tuesday. Police carried out operations in four provinces including Izmir to detain 14 Gediz