Turkish gov’t detains dozens, convicts 59 academicians over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has continued to detain dozens of people and convicted 84 people, including 59 academics, across Turkey on Friday as part of its...
Two men plead guilty to assault in brawl outside Turkish ambassadorial residence
Two men involved in a May altercation outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence in Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to assault on Thursday morning in a...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan’s war budget signals Turkey set for a darker path
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The dramatic increase in the budget of the Interior Ministry, which is responsible for the main law enforcement agencies in Turkey, is...
EU reacts to maltreatment of renowned media designer Fevzi Yazıcı by Turkish authorities
The European Union (EU) has reacted to the maltreatment of Fevzi Yazıcı, who is jailed art director of now-closed Zaman daily, on Thursday and...
Araç’s mother: ‘My son didn’t commit suicide, he was killed by police’
Azize Araç, mother of Murat Araç, who have allegedly committed suicide by jumping out of a police headquarters' window while under police custody in...
Turkish prosecutor demands life sentences for Feb. 28 post-modern coup generals
A Turkish prosecutor requested life imprisonment for 60 suspects, including a former military chief and his deputy, over the 1997 post-modern coup process that...
Turkish Constitutional Court rejects HDP co-chair Demirtaş’s individual application
Turkey’s Constitutional Court rejected on Thursday an individual application by imprisoned pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş to the court, in which...
Turkish gov’t detains 96 people, mostly military officers, over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained at least 96 people, mostly military officers, across Turkey on Thursday over their alleged links to the Gülen movement as part...
Just three sentences left behind from Turkish prisoner’s letter censored with scissors
A letter sent by a Turkish prisoner to a journalist was censored by an unprecedented method and just three sentences of the letter left...
Turkey seeks up to 15 years for journalists, CHP deputy in MİT trucks case
İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday demanded up to 15 years imprisonment for former Cumhuriyet daily editor-in-chief Can Dündar, Cumhuriyet Ankara representative Erdem...
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