CHP chairman ordered to pay $20K for allegedly insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has been ordered by a Turkish court to pay TL 95,000 ($19,500)...
CHP deputy chair fined 30,000 lira for calling Turkish President Erdoğan ‘fascist dictator’
A Turkish court has ordered Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)deputy chair and party spokesperson Bülent Tezcan to pay non-pecuniary damages in the...
İstanbul court gives Turkish actress suspended sentence for allegedly insulting Erdoğan
An İstanbul regional court on Thursday handed down a suspended sentence of 11 months, 20 days to Turkish singer and actress Zuhal Olcay for...
Owner of printing house briefly detained over placard targeting Turkish President Erdoğan
The owner of an Ankara printing house that had printed a placard with cartoons targeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was briefly detained on...
Four ODTÜ students arrested over placard ‘insulting’ Erdoğan
An Ankara court on Wednesday arrested four students from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) in Ankara for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by carrying...
German Interior Ministry bans Erdoğanist gang Osmanen Germania
Germany has banned Turkish-nationalist biker gang Osmanen Germania BC, accusing the group of carrying out violent crimes, according to a report by Deutsche Welle...
Stage actor Aydın briefly detained by Turkish police over social media messages
Outspoken stage actor Orhan Aydın was briefly detained in İstanbul on Tuesday over social media messages critical of the Turkish government and the president.
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If I were him I would quit German national team, Mesut Özil’s father says
Famous international footballer Mesut Özil’s father, Mustafa Özil, has said he would retire from international ball with Germany if he were in his son’s...
Turkey’s governor’s office in Adana province bans LGBTI pride march
The Adana Governor’s Office has banned an LGBTI pride parade scheduled to take place on Saturday in the southern province of Adana over “possible...
Turkish actress Berna Laçin investigated over tweet on rapes in Saudi Arabia
The Anadolu Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office in İstanbul on Wednesday launched an investigation into renowned Turkish actress Berna Laçin, who voiced opposition to the...
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