Turkish-German journalist Adil Demirci arrested by a court in İstanbul
Turkish-German journalist and translator Adil Demirci, a reporter for left-leaning Etkin news agency (ETHA) was arrested by a Turkish court and sent to prison...
Germany accelerates appeasement policy towards Turkish gov’t despite HR violations
The German government has ramped up its policy of appeasing the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan despite massive post-coup violations of...
Turkish historian Ayşe Hür sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison over...
A Turkish court sentenced Ayşe Hür, a Turkish historian, columnist and TV commentator, to 1 year and 3 month in prison over her social...
Turkish court sentences Islamic scholar to 6 years and 3 months in prison over...
A Turkish court ruled on Tuesday to sentence Turkish writer and anti-capitalist Islamic scholar İhsan Eliaçık to 6 years and 3 months in prison and...
Erdoğan’s nationalist ally calls for early elections to take place in Turkey on Aug....
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ultra-nationalist ally Devlet Bahçeli, who is also the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), called on Tuesday for...
Abducted Turkish citizen Ümit Horzum delivered to police after 133 days of disappearance
Turkish citizen Ümit Horzum, who was kidnapped in Turkey’s capital of Ankara on December 6, 2017 over his alleged affiliation to the Gülen movement, was...
Unemployed Turkish teacher commits suicide
A 25-year-old teacher in the Aegean province of Aydın’s İncirliova district has committed suicide after being unemployed for the last four years, Doğan News...
COMMENTARY — Dutch, German intelligence agencies uncover Turkish kidnapping, murder plots
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The secret intelligence cabal directly controlled by the head of Turkey’s notorious National Intelligence Organization (MİT) under direct orders from the Turkish...
28 EP members send letter to Kosovo’s Thaçi and Haradinaj over 6 abducted Turkish...
Twenty-eight members of the European Parliament sent a letter on Monday to Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi and Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on the...
Thousands of CHP supporters hold sit-in protest in Taksim against OHAL
Thousands of supporters of the Turkey main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) held a sit-in in İstanbul’s Taksim area on Monday protesting government plans...
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