Prosecution demands jail terms for journalists over reporting on Turkish black op in Libya:...
A prosecutor has demanded sentences ranging from eight to 19 years for journalists over their reports on a Turkish intelligence officer killed in Libya,...
20 detained in probe targeting opposition-run district municipality in İstanbul
Twenty people including municipal officials and contractors have been detained as part of a corruption investigation targeting İstanbul’s Üsküdar Municipality, run by the main...
Teen detained for allegedly swearing at President Erdoğan’s convoy
A 16-year-old girl was detained on the orders of a presidential guard after allegedly cursing at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s convoy as it...
Suspected ISIL courier detained in Şanlıurfa
A man suspected of working as a courier for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for its suicide attacks has been...
Erdoğan appoints controversial figure as Turkey’s top prosecutor
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed a controversial judge at the Supreme Court of Appeals who was behind a recent crisis between the...
Turkish authorities detain pregnant woman for links to Gülen movement
A pregnant woman was detained on Thursday for alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Bold Medya news website reported.
Five-months-pregnant Emine Coşkun was detained...
Public prosecutor’s wedding day visit to Erdoğan with bride sparks controversy
The wedding day visit of Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor Yüksel Kocaman and his bride to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at his palace on...
Family accuses governor’s son in young Kurdish woman’s death, alleges coverup by former official
The family of a young Kurdish woman who disappeared in eastern Turkey in 2020 has accused the son of a former governor of killing...
81-year-old ailing Kurdish woman’s parole applications denied five times
Hanife Arslan, an ailing 81-year-old Kurdish woman serving a more than six-year sentence for alleged membership in a terrorist organization, has been denied parole...
Lack of doctors at a state-run hospital kills 8-month-pregnant woman, her baby in Turkey’s...
An 8-month pregnant woman died on Monday over the lack of doctors at a state-run hospital in Cizre district of Şırnak province. It was...
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