Erdoğan’s long arm: Deutsche Bank closes accounts of Erdoğan opponents without giving any reason
Germany’s Deutsche Bank has closed the accounts of three opponents of Turkey’s authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan without providing a reason, possibly over dubious...
Turkey has investigated more than 700K people over Gülen links since failed coup: minister
Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has revealed the details of an ongoing crackdown on followers of the faith-based Gülen movement since a failed coup...
Turkey ‘destroyed’ EU hopes by jailing Erdoğan critic: MEPs
Turkey “deliberately destroyed” its chances of joining the EU by jailing Osman Kavala, a critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the European Parliament said...
Erdoğan signals limiting top court’s power as he sides with appeals court in crisis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is using a judicial crisis involving two high courts due to conflicting rulings on a jailed lawmaker to press...
Turkey’s media watchdog nixes TV broadcast to collect donations for quake victims
Prominent Turkish journalist Fatih Altaylı said Turkey's broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has denied his request to air a humanitarian...
‘New formula’ should be found to comply with ECtHR rulings on Demirtaş and Kavala:...
Hayati Yazıcı, deputy chairman of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), said a new formula should be found to comply with the European...
Turkey pulls out of landmark treaty protecting women from violence
Turkey on Saturday pulled out of the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women by presidential decree, in the latest...
Int’l press, human rights bodies slam Turkish court’s ruling of aggravated life sentences for...
International press and human rights organisations have slammed a decision rendered by a Turkish court on Friday of aggravated life imprisonment for prominent journalists...
ECtHR rules rights violated in first purge case from Turkey: report
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has said the rights of a civil servant who was fired in a purge carried out by...
Counterterrorism police detain HDP lawmaker’s son and former journalist Muhammed Cihad Cemre
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Hüda Kaya's son, former journalist Muhammed Cihad Cemre, was detained on Saturday by the counterterrorism police, Turkish media reported.
Cemre...
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