Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front
Media reports labelling Turkish hunger strikers 'terrorists' part of freedom of expression: Prosecutor's office
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has dismissed criminal charges against some media organs by the lawyers of two Turkish hunger strikers for targeting and labeling them as "terrorists," daily Cumhuriyet reported on June 4.
Elderly father who ended hunger strike after 90 days taken to hospital in Istanbul
A father in the eastern province of Tunceli who ended his hunger strike after 90 days, demanding the return of the remains of his dead son, has been taken to hospital in Istanbul.
Kemal Gün ended his hunger strike after finally receiving his son's bones on May 26.
Nobel laureate writer J. M. Coetzee sends solidarity message to Turkish hunger striking educators
Nobel laureate writer John Maxwell Coetzee has sent a message of solidarity to Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, the two hunger striking educators who have been on a hunger strike for over 80 days in protest at being dismissed from their posts through state of emergency decrees.
Turkey's main opposition CHP visits hunger striking educators in jail
A delegation from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has visited two educators, who were arrested after being on hunger strike for over 75 days in protest at being dismissed from their jobs through state of emergency decrees, in a jail in Ankara.
Father ends hunger strike on 90th day after receiving son's bones in Turkey's east
A 90-day hunger strike by a father demanding to be given his dead son's remains in the eastern province of Tunceli has ended after he finally received his son's bones.
Educators on hunger strike are members of outlawed DHKP-C: Interior Minister
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has claimed two educators who were arrested on the 78th day of their hunger strike were members of the outlawed Revolutionary People's Liberation Party - Front (DHKP-C).
Court hands down aggravated life sentence over killing of businessman Özdemir Sabancı
An Istanbul court on May 17 sentenced İsmail Akkol, one of the prime suspects in the 1996 assassination of Sabancı Holding board member Özdemir Sabancı, to an aggravated life sentence in one of the country's most notorious assassinations, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
Hunger striking father to finally receive son's bones in Turkey's east
An 83-day hunger strike by a father demanding to be given his dead son's remains has yielded a result as the Tunceli Governor's Office said it would agree to return the remains of Murat Gün following his father's weeks-long struggle.
Gendarmerie forces capture DHKP-C militants in lorry's flatbed in Turkey's Edirne
Four suspected outlawed Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) militants were captured in the flatbed of a lorry by gendarmerie forces in the northwestern Turkish province of Edirne on May 15, Doğan News Agency has reported.
Hunger striking father fined over 18,000 liras for 'occupying public space' in Turkey's east
A father who has been on a hunger strike for more than 80 days has been fined over 18,000 Turkish Liras for "occupying public space" in the eastern province of Tunceli.