Car used by abducted Turkish man found with a punctured tyre in Ankara

The car used by Ümit Horzum, who was kidnapped in Turkey's capital of Ankara on December 6, 2017, was found with a punctured tyre...

‘I’m not greater than the judiciary,’ Turkey’s Erdoğan tells Juncker over Greek soldiers

Autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has told European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that he is no greater than the Turkish judiciary, in responding...

Turkish writer Eliaçık faces 7,5 years in prison over alleged ‘PKK propaganda’

Turkish writer and anti-capitalist Islamic scholar İhsan Eliaçık is currently standing trial on charges of disseminating propaganda on behalf of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’...

CHP deputy questions Turkish university rector’s call to kill democrats

Ali Şeker, a deputy from Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has questioned a call in an article written by Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ağırakça,...

Turkish gov’t arrests German citizen for trying to join YPG in Syria

A German national has been arrested in Turkey for allegedly trying to join the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units YPG militia, Turkish media reported....
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Turkish gov’t detains some 80 people over alleged links to Gülen movement

The Turkish government on Wednesday detained some 80 people across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the...

Turkish gov’t seizes pro-Kurdish paper Özgürlükçü Demokrasi, detains 21

Turkish authorities have taken control of the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper on the grounds that it has links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party...

Turkish woman jailed over alleged Gülen links not released despite serious health risk

Birgül Bulut, one the more than 17,000 women who have been jailed in Turkey in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on July...

Turkish lawyer calls for arrest of former US district attorney Preet Bharara

The US district attorney who launched the trial of Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla for violating sanctions on Iran may think twice about setting...

Turkish banker Atilla’s lawyers ask judge to ‘temper justice with mercy’ in a lesser...

Lawyers for Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla, who was convicted in New York federal court in January of violating US sanctions on Iran, asked...

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