183 detained amid ongoing crackdown on Gülen movement

Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of a total of 183 suspects in the last 10 days, part of a relentless witch-hunt against the...

Turkish authorities issue detention warrants for 160 suspects over alleged links to Gülen movement

Turkish prosecutors this week ordered the detention of 160 individuals as part of a massive crackdown on the Gülen movement, Turkish media reported. The İstanbul...

Turkey detains 20 people over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police have detained 20 people across 11 provinces over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group targeted by the government, Turkey’s...

Doctor bearing witness to torture in Turkish mass detention center: I kept hearing awful...

A medical doctor who was assigned to conduct physical examinations in a gymnasium-turned-mass detention center following a failed coup in Turkey in 2016 spoke...

Erdoğan sues opposition politician over remarks calling him a ‘dictator’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a lawsuit against a main opposition party politician seeking TL 250,000 ($32,000) in damages for remarks accusing...

Kavala’s ongoing detention runs against Turkey’s commitment to rule of law and respect for...

The decision last Friday of an İstanbul court to continue the imprisonment of philanthropist and human rights activist Osman Kavala on charges related to...

Hagia Sophia’s change of status indicative of Turkey’s disregard of cultural and religious values:...

The change of the status of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul from a museum to a mosque in July indicates Turkey's disregard of cultural and...

İstanbul mayor appears in court on charges of insulting election officials

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu appeared at the first hearing of his trial at an İstanbul court on Monday on charges of insulting election officials...

Turkish diplomats in North Macedonia spied on residents in breach of Vienna conventions: report

Turkish government documents obtained by Nordic Monitor have confirmed that critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were spied on by Turkish diplomats in Skopje...

Turkey detains 74 over Gülen links on anniversary of coup attempt: minister

Turkish police on Monday detained 74 people across 27 provinces over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced...

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