3 killed, 5 injured in terrorist attack in front of İstanbul courthouse
Two assailants who opened fire on a police checkpoint in front of İstanbul’s main courthouse on Tuesday morning were killed along with a bystander,...
Turkish scholar at French university stranded in Istanbul after authorities refuse to return passport
Turkish mathematician Tuna Altınel, 55, employed at France's Claude Bernard University, has been stranded in Istanbul since 2019 after Turkish authorities refused to return...
50 British MPs call for UK gov’t to stand up against human rights violations...
Fifty members of the British parliament last Thursday sent a letter to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab voicing their concerns about the deterioration of human...
Turkish police detain mother of end-stage cancer patient jailed over Gülen links
The mother of Ayşe Özdoğan, a critically ill woman who suffers from a rare form of cancer and was sent to prison, was detained...
Court bans access to report on loans from state lender to crime boss’s front...
An İstanbul court has summarily banned access to a report describing how a Turkish state lender allegedly gave 550 million lira ($17 million) in...
PEN International calls on Turkish authorities not to prosecute Nobel laureate Pamuk for his...
Turkish authorities should not charge Nobel laureate and PEN International Vice President Orhan Pamuk with “insulting” Atatürk and the Turkish flag, PEN International said...
119 German citizens unable to return to Germany from Turkey
A total of 119 German citizens are not able to return to Germany from Turkey either due to travel bans or because they are...
Turkish gov’t restricts Twitter following deadly earthquake in Turkey, Syria
The Turkish government restricted Twitter on multiple internet providers following a deadly earthquake that killed thousands in Turkey and Syria, global internet monitor NetBlocks...
Turkey’s bounty offer to hunt down Erdoğan critics entices informant network abroad
A bounty offered by the Turkish government for information on critics and opponents of authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has enticed an array of...
Businessman jailed over Gülen links dies due to excessive heat and overcrowding in Turkish...
Fahrettin İşgüder, a 73-year-old businessman who was sentenced to over six years in prison for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died on...
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