Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for dozens over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for dozens of people on Thursday across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting...
Turkish private killed after being beaten with helmet by his senior
Turkish soldier on compulsory military service in the Marmara province of Bursa died on November 29, 2017, 54 days after being beaten with a...
Turkish bank executive Atilla denies links with Zarrab in first interrogation in US court
Lawyers of Mehmet Hakan Atilla, the deputy general manager at Turkish state-owned Halkbank, who is on trial in a New York court case that...
COMMENTARY — Radical Islamists tapped to be judges and prosecutors in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
A key pro-government association rooted in religious fanaticism and a jihadist mindset has been serving as a springboard for staffing Turkey’s judiciary...
Turkish gov’t harshly reacts US’ decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israeli capital
Turkish government has hardly reacted against the decision of the US's formally recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The decision was announced by US...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrant for prominent US diplomat McGurk
Turkish government has issued a detention warrant for Brett McGurk, US Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State in...
HDP’s jailed co-chair Demirtaş to appear before court for first time 399 days after...
Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is set to appear in court on Thursday for the first time...
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...
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