Report: Turkish government detained at least 187 journalists in 2017
At least 187 journalists were detained by Turkish government in 2017, according to a report released by Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGİ) in Diyarbakır on Wednesday.
Holding...
Hunger striking educator Özakça’s mother detained by Turkish police in Ankara
The mother of Semih Özakça, a primary school teacher who went on a hunger strike after he was fired by government decree under the...
Turkish gov’t blocks access to websites of 4 pro-Kurdish news outlets
Turkish government has blocked access to the websites of the pro-Kurdish news outlets Mezopotamya news agency, Özgürlükçü Demokrasi, Demokrat Haber and 1HaberVar news sites. The websites...
About 200 Turkish people detained as trying to flee to Greece in Muğla in...
Turkish government detained 198 people in Muğla province and neighbouring districts over their alleged links to the Gülen movement as they were trying to...
Turkish gov’t detains Bank Asya’s 49 shareholders over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for 68 former shareholders closed Islamic lender Bank Asya and detained 49 of them so far on Wednesday over...
COMMENTARY — Turkey is levying taxes on UN aid funds destined for the needy
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Although the Turkish government brags about how it has spent $30 billion on refugees, which many believe to be an inflated figure,...
US judge denies second mistrial request in Atilla trial on Iran sanctions case
A New York federal judge has denied a second request for a mistrial in the proceedings against Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an executive of Turkey’s...
Çavuşoğlu: Turkish gov’t could restart peace talks should PKK lay down arms
Turkish government expects the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down weapons, a primary condition for any revival of the previously failed peace...
CHP’s Aksünger: US to fine Turkey $10 bln over Atilla case
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Erdal Aksünger on Tuesday said the US will fine Turkey $10 billion over the case...
Turkish court sentences jailed HDP deputy co-chair Tuğluk to 1,5 years in prison
A Turkish court in the western province of Kocaeli has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party's (HDP) jailed deputy co-chair Aysel Tuğluk to 1,5 years...
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