German federal prosecutors drop Turkish imams’ spying probe amid thaw with Turkey
German prosecutors on Wednesday said they were dropping a case against several Turkish imams suspected of spying for Turkey due to insufficient evidence and...
Turkish court releases journalists Öğreten, Kanaat who tried over Minister Albayrak’s leaked e-mails
Turkish government has released journalists Tunca Öğreten and Tahir Kanaat from the prison on Wednesday in their second hearing in the case in which six...
Turkish family pretends for children it was a ‘game’ as they flee to Greece
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A Turkish family that was victimized by a government purge of the Gülen movement following a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016 has...
US slams Erdoğan’s henchman Ünal’s threats targeting Turkish journalists in exile
US State Department officially reacted to former speechwriter and a favourite henchman of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and current ruling Justice and...
EP delegation prevented by Turkish security from attending Yüksekdağ trial
A delegation from the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) of the European Parliament was prevented on Wednesday morning from entering the courthouse in...
Turkish gov’t seizes assets of former CHP deputy Erdemir over Zarrab case
An İstanbul court on Wednesday ruled to seize the assets of former main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Aykan Erdemir after an arrest...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 61, including Gülen’s nephew, over links to Gülen movement
Turkish governement has detained at least 61 people, including Selman Gülen who is a nephew of the US-based Turkish-Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen on Wednesday...
Solidarity statement with HDP’s jailed co-chairs: Democracy in Turkey going on trial
Ahead of the trials of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) impriosned co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş and former co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ, Noam Chomsky, Clive Lewis, Peter Tatchell...
Turkish President Erdoğan files criminal complaint against CHP head Kılıçdaroğlu
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan filed a criminal complaint on Wednesday against main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for his...
Turkey’s Zarrab: I got $150 mln from Iran sanctions plot, paid $45K bribe to...
Reza Zarrab, the government’s star witness in a trial involving a billion-dollar conspiracy to smuggle gold for oil in violation of United States sanctions...
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