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İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu defiant after suspension from office and arrest

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu vowed to continue his political fight after being jailed in a corruption investigation and suspended from office Sunday, developments that...

Turkish court arrests İstanbul mayor in graft probe amid protests

A Turkish court formally placed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu under arrest as part of a corruption investigation Sunday, after a fourth night of mass...

DEM lawmaker slams authorities for disregarding inmates’ lack of access to proper healthcare

Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has criticized Turkish authorities for their disregard of inadequate medical care in prisons, pointing...

Colleagues arrested in post-coup crackdown victims of false charges, says veteran journalist

Veteran journalist Şahin Alpay, who was imprisoned following a coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, has saidin an interview that many of his colleagues arrested in a post-coup purge were victims of trumped-up...

İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu defiant after suspension from office and arrest

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu vowed to continue his political fight after being jailed in a corruption investigation and suspended from office Sunday, developments that...

Turkish court arrests İstanbul mayor in graft probe amid protests

A Turkish court formally placed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu under arrest as part of a corruption investigation Sunday, after a fourth night of mass...

İstanbul Bar Association board dismissed over ‘terrorist propaganda’

The İstanbul Bar Association’s executive board was dismissed Friday on grounds of disseminating “terrorist propaganda” and “publicly spreading false information”, according to a court...

Turkey’s media watchdog warns broadcasters against personal comments on mayor’s detention

In a move seen by many as an act of intimidation and censorship, Turkey’s media watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has...

Alevi leader arrested for filing criminal complaint against Syrian president

An Alevi leader was arrested in Turkey on Thursday after filing a legal complaint against Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa over alleged crimes against...

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