Turkey’s Erdoğan calls Trump, Pence remarks ‘language of US evangelist, Zionist mentality’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday called sanction threats against Turkey by US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence “language of...
3 defendants released, 2 remain jailed in trial of high school girls on terrorism...
A Turkish court has ruled to release three defendants while ordering the continued detention of two others in the ongoing trial of 41 people,...
Environmentalists warn the mishandling of earthquake debris poses threat to environment and public health
The Chamber of Environmental Engineers has warned that the incredible amount of debris from thousands of buildings that were demolished in earthquakes that struck...
Former military officer jailed on coup charges dies of COVID-19
Erdal Kılınç, a former lieutenant colonel who was jailed on coup charges following an abortive putsch in Turkey in July 2016, died of COVID-19...
IFEX launches campaign encouraging people to share Erdoğan cartoon
IFEX, a global human rights network of organisations defending the right to freedom of expression and information, has launched a campaign encouraging people to share...
Turkey among top 10 countries with sharpest decline in freedoms: Freedom House
Turkey is among the top 10 countries that have seen the sharpest decline in freedoms over the past decade, according to the “Freedom in...
Turkish authorities’ arrest of parents for alleged Gülen links financially and mentally wears down...
The grandmother of two children who were left without parents after both their mother and father were arrested for alleged links to the Gülen...
Turkish gov’t abducted teacher in Kenya over relationship to Gülen, wife claims
The wife of a teacher who is a nephew of US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gülen has claimed that her husband was abducted by operatives...
9 die as migrant boat sinks off Turkey’s Aegean coast
Nine people including children died as a boat carrying irregular migrants sank off the coast of Turkey's Aydın province, local officials said on Thursday.
The...
Turkish court acquits Halk TV journalists of one charge, orders editor-in-chief’s release
A Turkish court on Tuesday acquitted five journalists from the opposition-aligned Halk TV, including Editor-in-Chief Suat Toktaş, who was released after spending 34 days...
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