Gendarmerie commander responsible for burning down Kurdish village, killing 9, Turkish court says

Bülent Karaoğlu, a former gendarmerie officer, was responsible for the burning down of the southeastern Turkish village of Altınova (Vartinis) in 1993, which caused...

Transferring Khashoggi murder trial to Saudi Arabia undermines Turkey’s credibility: Islamist opposition party leader

Temel Karamollaoğlu, the leader of Turkey’s Islamist opposition Felicity Party (SP), said on Thursday that transferring a case involving the murder of journalist Jamal...

Three Yezidi girls, left by ISIL in Turkey, handed over to their families in...

Three children from the Kurdish Yezidi community who were abducted by the militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in...

Investigation launched into Ülker after airing of disputed TV commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ7xg5VyFMw İstanbul Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into Turkey’s largest food producer, Ülker, over a TV commercial that was perceived as a second coup...

Turkish journalists charged for terror over comments on US-indicted sanction buster Zarrab

A Turkish public prosecutor who accused 29 journalists on terrorism charges cited articles and Twitter messages on US-indicted gold trader Reza Zarrab, who bribed...

Turkey’s court of appeals declines to halt CHP’s Berberoğlu trial due to re-election

The 16th Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals on Friday rejected an application made by lawyers representing jailed Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy...

Gülmen and Özakça enter 61st day of hunger strike for reinstatement to their jobs

A university academic and a primary school teacher who were removed from their posts by government decrees in the aftermath of a failed coup...

Turkish gov’t detains actor Ömer Pekin over alleged links to Gülen movement

Turkish theater player Ömer Pekin, who has been mostly known with his role in Turkish radio comedy "Perişan FM (Miserable FM)" and state-run TRT's...

Turkish gov’t detains some 170 people over alleged links to Gülen movement

Turkish police detained some 170 people during operations across Turkey on Friday as part of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...

7,348 more dismissed from Turkey’s state under draconian new govenment decree

A total of 7,348 people, including 302 academics, have been dismissed from state institutions by a new government decree, known as a KHK, that...

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