Armenian church association attacked in Turkey’s Malatya
Amid tension arising from the marking of Alevi houses in a neighborhood in the province of Malatya, the Association of Kurtuluş Churches was attacked...
Turkish gov’t transfers 87-year old ‘coup suspect’ to prison far away from hometown
Ali Osman Karahan, a 87-year-old Turkish man who has been kept in an Isparta Prison for almost 15 months over alleged links to the...
Maden Family’s relatives afraid of Turkey’s Erdoğan regime to attend in their funerals
Cevheri Güven, an exiled Turkish journalist who live in Greece, wrote in online news outlet Kronos that the parents and relatives of the Maden...
Turkish media worker Zafer Özsoy faces 3 life sentences with no evidence
A Turkish media worker, who has been behind bars for 478 days, faces three consecutive life sentences and additional 15 years in jail on...
Turkish court sentences man more than 8 years in prison over his legal complaint...
A Turkish court has sentenced a man for 8 years, 1 months and 15 days in prison on Friday due to his legal complaint...
Turkish gov’t to try two journalists with demand of 45 years in prison for...
A Turkish court in Hatay province has accepted the indictment for journalists Erdoğan Alayumat and Nuri Akman from now-closed Dicle news agency (Dihaber) on...
Turkish gov’t has sent 7 extradition requests to US for Fethullah Gülen
Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül on Thursday said Ankara has sent the US a total of seven extradition requests and one temporary arrest warrant...
Turkey’s Erdoğan sues main opposition leader for TL 1,5 million in damages
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday filed a lawsuit against main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for TL 1,5...
55 academics from the world call on Turkey’s Erdoğan to release Kavala
Fifty-five academics have written an open letter to Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calling for the release of businessman and civil activist Osman...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 79 more teachers on Teachers Day
As Turkey celebrates the Teachers Day, the Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for a total of 79 teachers due to...
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