Columnist indicted on Erdoğan insult charges due to article on forest fires
A columnist for the left-wing Evrensel newspaper has been indicted on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in an opinion piece in which...
Former justice minister forced to resign after objecting to transfer of Khashoggi murder trial
Muharrem Erkek, deputy chairman of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has claimed that former Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül was forced to resign...
Greek police rescue 64 asylum seekers left on border islet by smugglers: report
Greek police rescued 64 asylum seekers, including 10 children, who had been left by smugglers on a tiny islet in the Evros River, which...
Germany summons Turkish ambassador over Kavala’s conviction
Germany on Friday summoned the Turkish ambassador over the jailing of Osman Kavala, a prominent critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Agence France-Presse...
Erdoğan opponents allege Greek border pushbacks: report
For years Greece has been accused of illegally pushing asylum-seekers back to Turkey, a practice it strenuously denies, Agence France-Presse reported.
But according to witnesses...
9-months-pregnant woman requests release, saying she will soon go into labor
A nine-months-pregnant woman who was sent to prison in early May has requested her release, telling her family that she is cramping and will...
90 percent of Turks struggling to make ends meet amid economic crisis: poll
Nine out of every 10 people in Turkey, which is currently in the middle of an economic crisis as food and fuel prices have...
Woman fears sick fiancé imprisoned on Gülen links is victim of neglect
The fiancée of a man arrested on Gülen links said she feared he is a victim of neglect as he has lost an enormous...
Turkish asylum seeker and former professor drowns in Canada’s Lake Simcoe
A former professor who sought asylum in Canada after a coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016 drowned on Sunday in Ontario’s Lake Simcoe...
332,884 detained and 101,000 incarcerated due to Gülen links, says Turkish interior minister
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Tuesday a total of 332,884 people have been detained, of whom 101,000 were arrested and jailed, due...
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