14 detained over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigation’

Turkish authorities have detained 14 active-duty and former military officers as well as former military cadets due to their alleged links to the Gülen...

Journalist Dündar calls attention to Turkey’s political prisoners via replica of prison cell in...

Journalist Can Dündar, former editor-in-chief of Turkey’s critical Cumhuriyet daily who lives in exile in Berlin, has made a bid to attract public attention...

Court overturns acquittal of Kurdish journalist facing terrorism charges

An appeals court in southeastern Turkey has overturned the acquittal of journalist Ayşe Kara, who now faces retrial on terrorism-related charges, the Artı Gerçek...

Inmates subjected to torture in padded cells in Turkey’s Menemen Prison

Inmates held in Menemen Prison in the western Turkish province of İzmir have been subjected to torture in padded cells, according to the wife...

Erdoğan sworn in for third term as Turkish president

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was sworn in for a third term as president on Saturday, promising to serve “impartially” after winning a historic runoff...

Chinese pressure upends Uyghur refuge in Turkey

After 20 years in a Chinese prison, Abdullah Abdulrahman joined 50,000 other Uyghurs and fled to Turkey, where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had once...

Erdoğan hints at preferential earthquake aid based on political support, triggers backlash

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s remarks at an event in Hatay, one of the cities hit hard by devastating earthquakes last year, have sparked a...
Conscripts lynched on the bridge

Turkey’s top court sanctions decree giving immunity to mobs accused of lynching soldiers

In a unanimous decision, Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday found a government decree that granted immunity to civilians who were involved in criminal activities...

Police detain at least 40 in SE Turkey protesting airstrikes in northeast Syria

Turkish police detained at least 40 people in the country’s southeast on Thursday for holding a demonstration in protest of ongoing airstrikes by the...

Pink Floyd musician Roger Waters calls for release of Kurdish singer in Turkey

Former Pink Floyd musician Roger Waters has urged for the release of Kurdish singer Nudem Durak, who was sentenced to 19 years in prison...

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