EU’s counter-terrorism chief: EU does not deem Gülen movement as ‘terror organisation’
The European Union does not share Turkish government's view that the Gülen movement, which has been inspired by the teachings of the US-based Turkish-Muslim...
Turkish journalist Cuma Ulus jailed for Retweeting ‘Journalism is not a crime’
One of Turkey’s leading broadcast journalists Cuma Ulus has been languishing behind bars for 482 days over social media messages that were posted by...
EUobserver: European foundation demands release of Turkish journalist Parıldak
A European foundation is calling for the release of a young Turkish journalist, jailed for seven-and-a-half years as a 'terrorist', in the latest of...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 333 military officers over alleged links to Gülen...
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for 360 people and decided to confiscate their assets over their alleged links to the Gülen movement on...
Turkish gov’t sentences former deputy, HSYK inspector, university student in prison over alleged Gülen...
Turkish government has sentenced a former deputy of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), a former chief inspector for the Supreme Board of Judges and...
Reza Zarrab: Turkey’s Çağlayan given 45-50 million euros, $7 million and 4,5 million liras...
Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader whose prosecution in Manhattan has drawn sharp criticism from Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said during his...
Another Turkish woman detained on coup charges one day after giving birth
Fatma Türkmen, who gave birth to a baby in Ankara on Monday, was reportedly detained on Tuesday over alleged links to the Gülen movement.
According...
Turkish author Perihan Mağden: I feel like a Jew in Nazi Germany
Renowned Turkish author Perihan Mağden has assessed the anti-democratic practices and increasing pressures in Turkey and described the current period in Turkey by comparing...
Fethullah Gülen’s lawyers: Gülen movement has no link with Zarrab case in US
The lawyers of US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen said on Tuesday that the Gülen movement has no link to the case of Iranian-Turkish businessman...
Kurdish Bas weekly paper stops print edition in Turkey due to increasing suppression
A Kurdish news outlet has decided on Monday to stop publishing its weekly printed edition in the country due to recently increased tensions between...
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