Three Turkish teachers allegedly affiliated with Gülen movement detained in Afghanistan
Three Turkish and one Afghan teachers were detained by Afghan intelligence officials on Tuesday on the request of Turkish government under the rule of...
Turkish radio broadcaster Serkan Sedat Güray in jail for 10 months with no trial
An award-winning radio programmer and journalist Serkan Sedat Güray has been jailed in Turkey’s notorious Silivri Prison in Ä°stanbul since March 7, 2017 over...
Turkey’s Ziraat Bank shuts down New York branch as Zarrab case goes on
Turkey's state-run lender Ziraat Bank, which is also the biggest bank in the country, has shut down its only branch in New York amid the...
COMMENTARY — Iran might have listened in on Erdoğan-Trump talks
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The office of the Turkish presidency has shared a photo while Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was talking on the phone with US President...
Turkish opposition CHP demands investigation into properties of Kılıçdaroğlu’s family
Amid corruption and tax haven investment claims involving the ruling party and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s close circle, senior members of the main opposition...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 33 more military officers over alleged Gülen links
The Aydın Chief Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 33 more military personnel as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen...
Turkey’s Interior Minister: 55,665 people imprisoned over their alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has stated on Tuesday that a total of 55,665 people have been jailed in Turkey as part of his...
Altınok: Turkish gov’t dismisses 22,987 police officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
Selami Altınok, the General Director of Turkish Police Department, has stated on Tuesday that 22,987 police officers have been dismissed from Turkish police department...
ECtHR sentences Turkish gov’t over university students’ Kurdish language complaint
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey was wrong to suspend or expel 7 university students who requested Kurdish language...
Turkish gov’t to transfer Süleyman Shah Tomb to former site in Syria
Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım announced on Monday that Turkish government plans to move the Tomb of Süleyman Shah and an accompanying army unit...
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