Turkish court not released 20 jailed journalists despite of witnesses’ contrary statements
A Turkish court has ruled for continuation of imprisonment for 19 journalists despite of the lack of solid evidences and the statements made by...
Turkish gov’t launches ‘terror’ trial of critical academics over peace petition
Turkey on Tuesday began the hugely controversial trial of hundreds of academics charged with terror offences for signing a petition calling for peace in...
Jailed Turkish journalist Büşra Erdal: Thanks God, birds not forbidden to visit me
Jailed Turkish journalist and writer Hanım Büşra Erdal has said in a letter sent from her prison ward in İstanbul that she has been waiting...
Peace declaration academics’ trial in Turkey begins on Tuesday
Trial begins on Tuesday in an İstanbul court for more than 150 academics who signed a peace declaration in early 2016 criticizing the Turkish...
Erdoğan’s henchman threatens exiled Turkish journalists with extrajudicial killings
Former speechwriter and a favourite henchman of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and current ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Aydın Ünal...
Graham Fuller rejects Turkey’s claims of involvement in coup plot
Retired CIA official, Graham Fuller, dismissed accusations by Turkey that he was involved in the failed coup attempt last year following an arrest warrant...
Turkey’s AKP slams US trial: New York court ‘Zionist,’ Zarrab a ‘CIA agent’
As Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab revealed his tactics and accomplices in the Turkish government in violating US sanctions on Iran in a New...
Turkish gov’t investigates all members of CHP party assembly over Erdoğan’s complaint
Turkish government has launched a legal investigation about 60 members of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) over autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrant for former CIA official Fuller
The İstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued a detention warrant for former CIA official Graham Fuller as part of an investigation into a failed...
The door of Alevi family marked with nationalist/Islamist phrases in İstanbul
The symbol of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) which is an ally for Turkish autocratic Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was drawn at the...
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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abduction, Rendition and Forcible Return of Erdoğan Critics
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