Voting for Turkey’s elections on religious organization premises in Lyon sparks criticism
Voting for Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections in a hall provided by the French branch of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) in...
Inmate dies of COVID-19 after denied treatment for days
Hüseyin Özen, who had previously been self-medicating for a cold, died of COVID-19 on November 14 after spending 15 days in intensive care, Bold...
Turkish Justice Ministry staff caught on camera telling journalist not to ask any questions
A reporter from FOX TV, which is critical of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, was warned not to ask Justice Minister Bekir...
Turkish gov’t seizes pension of jailed media executive Hidayet Karaca
The pension of jailed media executive Hidayet Karaca was confiscated by the Turkish government, his son Sıdkı Karaca said in a tweet yesterday.
“All of...
Pro-Kurdish party members among 47 detained during protest against Turkish offensive in N. Syria,...
Turkish police on Monday broke up a protest that included members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the Democratic Regions Party (DBP)...
Phone seized in fraud investigation reveals bribery involving prosecutors
A mobile phone that was confiscated as part of a fraud investigation in central Turkey has revealed messages indicative of bribery involving the suspects...
Turkey-backed rebel groups seize thousands of olive trees in northwest Syria: SOHR
Turkey-backed rebel factions in northwest Syria have seized nearly 4,000 olive trees in the Afrin and the Aleppo countryside, the Syrian Observatory for Human...
Turkey’s justice ministry refuses to disclose information on Sivas massacre
The Ministry of Justice has refused to disclose the number of people serving prison sentences due to the Sivas massacre in July 1993 on...
2 refugees killed in cross-fire between Turkish security forces and migrant smugglers
Two refugees were killed and 12 others were injured after they were caught in cross-fire between Turkish security forces and migrant smugglers in Turkey's...
52 detained over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigation’
Turkish authorities have detained 52 active duty and former military officers as well as former military cadets due to their alleged links to the...
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