HDP deputy Birlik detained on charges of insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şırnak deputy Leyla Birlik has been detained on charges of insulting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Cumhuriyet...
Turkey’s top court rules on ByLock in line with justice minister’s remarks
The Supreme Court of Appeals’ Assembly of Criminal Chambers has ruled the ByLock smart phone application to be considered evidence of membership in a...
Turkish court accepts ‘you are not guilty’ note as crime evidence
High Criminal Court in Turkey's Bolu province has assessed a note found at the house of an alleged member of the Gülen movement saying "They...
8-year-old stripped of ‘Super Dad’ T-shirt by Turkish authorities during visit to jailed father
An 8-year-old boy was stripped of his T-shirt that bore the words ‘Super Dad’ during a visit to his father, under arrest for at...
Turkish gov’t detains 970 people over alleged links to Gülen movement in a week
Turkish government has detained at least 970 people as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members of the Gülen...
Erdoğan says Turkey could suddenly launch operation against KRG
Amid an ongoing crisis over the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) decision to hold an independence referendum on Monday despite opposition from Turkey and the...
Turkey’s main opposition CHP deputy asks minister to resign over ‘Gülen propaganda’ in textbooks
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Mehmet Tüm has called on Turkish Minister of Education İsmet Yılmaz to resign, claiming that the...
Turkish PM Yıldırım on coup trials: I would hang them in one month
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said he would hang the suspects of a botched coup attempt in July 2016 in one month, complaining...
Jailed Turkish journalist and singer Taş: My ideas even freer than a bird
Jailed columnist and singer Atilla Taş, who has been jailed over accusation of the membership to the Gülen movement, said in a letter he send...
Turkish court releases only journalist Gürsel in Cumhuriyet case
An İstanbul court on Monday ordered for the release of journalist Kadri Grürsel pending trial, all other imprisoned journalists and executives ordered to remain...
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