Turkish opposition leader briefly denied passport over ‘terrorism links’
Temel Karamollaoğlu, the leader of the Turkish opposition Islamist Felicity Party (SP), has said that his request for a new passport was rejected by...
Swedish Left Party head Sjöstedt says Turkish police threatened him to arrest
The chairman of the Swedish Left Party and parliamentarian Jonas Sjöstedt has said Turkish police threatened him to arrest in Ankara where he attempted...
Turkish coup suspect general says he reported Gülen-linked generals in 2014
Brig. Gen. Gökhan Şahin Sönmezateş, the commander of a team that targeted Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s hotel during the night of a controversial coup...
Swedish appeals court upholds conviction, overturns extradition in PKK funding case
A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of Yahya Güngör, who was accused of attempting to financially support the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’...
Turkey’s top court rules killing of unarmed Kurdish woman by soldier did not violate...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the killing of an unarmed Kurdish woman by a soldier in 2016 did not constitute a violation of...
ECtHR asks Turkey in Gülen-linked case if it is illegal to attend religious meetings
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has asked the Turkish government if it is lawful to interfere with freedom of religion in the...
Spain halts extradition of Turkish-Swedish writer Hamza Yalçın
The Spanish government on Friday decided not to extradite Hamza Yalçın, a Turkish-Swedish reporter and writer who was taken into custody in Barcelona over...
Turkish women call for end to gender-based violence and discrimination on International Women’s Day
In commemoration of International Women’s Day, Turkish women’s rights activists have called for an end to gender-based violence, which is worryingly common in the...
14 former officers detained over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigation’
Turkish police detained 14 former military officers in raids carried out in Ankara for alleged links to the Gülen movement, the TR724 news website...
2 workers at university café fired for taking photo with ‘no’ sign for referendum
Two workers at a café at İzmir’s Katip Çelebi University were fired by their subcontractor employer after they shared a photo of them on...
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