Rector’s office bans pride march at ODTÜ
The rector’s office at the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) in Ankara has banned an annual pride march that was to be held on...
Top prosecutor revokes party membership of leading Turkish opposition figure
The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has revoked the party membership of a senior official of Turkey’s main opposition...
Health of critically ill man detained in hospital waiting room has deteriorated in prison,...
The health of a critically ill man who was detained in a hospital while waiting for his doctor and later arrested has deteriorated considerably...
6 former public servants arrested to serve sentences for Gülen links
Anti-smuggling and organized crime police on Tuesday arrested six former public servants in Ankara to serve sentences for links to the Gülen movement, the...
Erdoğan’s long arm: 3 Austrian-Turks detained on suspicion of espionage
The Austrian interior ministry has confirmed that three Austrian Turks were detained in June on suspicion of spying on dissidents for Turkey’s National Intelligence...
168 Turkish journalists appeared in court in 3 months: report
A total of 168 journalists appeared at hearings in their trials in Turkey from April to June, according to a recent report prepared by...
2-month-old baby accompanies mother arrested for alleged links to PKK
A mother of three from northeastern Syria's Rojava province who was arrested for alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was accompanied by...
Sanctions imposed on Halk TV for coverage of Kurdish father given son’s remains in...
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, has imposed penalties on the pro-opposition Halk TV due to its coverage of the...
Asylum applications from Turkish citizens in EU saw 31 pct rise in June: Eurostat
There was a 31 percent increase over the previous month in the number of asylum applications filed by Turkish citizens in EU countries in...
20 Iranian women detained in İstanbul at protest over death of Mahsa Amini
Turkish police detained 20 Iranian women in İstanbul for staging a demonstration in a prohibited area in protest of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini,...
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