Turkey acquits first academic for signing peace petition after top court…
A Turkish court has ruled that an academic, who has been facing trial over signing a peace petition, did not create…
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Jailed PKK leader says he can end Turkey’s Kurdish conflict in one…
Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan said he could end the ongoing conflict between the Turkish state and…
Turkey detains four medical personnel for treating wounded PKK militants
A Turkish medical doctor and three male nurses have been detained for having treated injured members of the…
Academics distance themselves from petition denouncing AYM verdict
The Academics for Peace petition denouncing a Constitutional Court (AYM) decision is now shrouded in controversy…
Turkey tells US it won’t allow safe zone creation by itself
Turkish defense minister Hulusi Akar has told his US counterpart that Ankara would not allow for the formation of a…
Turkey’s top court rules convicted peace academics’ rights…
The Constitutional Court (AYM) of Turkey has ruled that rights of the academics who were convicted and sentenced…
Petition calls on top court to drop charges against Academics for Peace
A petition started on Change.org has called on Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM) to take action and drop charges…
Boy (9) among six injured as rocket hits Turkish town near Syrian border
At least six people were wounded after a house in Ceylanpinar district of Turkey’s southeastern Kurdish-majority…
Turkey releases first academic jailed for signing peace declaration
Jailed Professor Zubeyde Fusun Ustel was released from prison while serving a 15-month prison sentence over signing…
Police use teargas and rubber bullets against Suruc bombing commemoration
Turkish police officers used rubber bullets and teargas against a group of people who had marched in an Istanbul…