Turkish prosecutor seeks red notice request for journalist Can Dündar
The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday submitted a request to the Justice Ministry for a red notice for former Cumhuriyet daily Editor-in-Chief...
Turkish gov’t detains 25 people, including military officers, over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained 15 people, including military officers on active duties, in 14 provinces on Thursday following the detention warrants issued by Aydın...
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP not to attend opening of Parliament
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) spokesperson Osman Baydemir said the HDP has decided not to attend the opening of Parliament on Oct. 1...
Another night raid targeting a Turk’s house reported in Pakistan over links to Gülen...
Following the abduction of former director of Pak-Turk schools Mesut Kaçmaz and his family including two young daughters in the wee hours of Wednesday in Lahore, another...
Turkey’s Erdoğan calls on US to extradite Gülen in return for jailed US pastor
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on the US to extradite Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen in return for releasing American pastor...
Erdoğanist spy imams reportedly quit their jobs in Germany before security checks
After a spying scandal involving Religious Affairs Turkish-Islamic Union (DİTİB), Erdoğanist Turkish imams working in mosques, schools and prisons in Germany have refused security...
Pro-Kurdish HDP: KRG’s independence referendum, its results legitimate
"Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) independence referendum and its result are legitimate," said Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Central Executive Board, in a written statement released...
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Baluken faces up to 47 years in jail on terror charges
An indictment prepared by a Diyarbakır prosecutor seeks a jail sentence of between 11 and 47 years for pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy...
Turkish teachers: No satisfactory explanation made by Pakistani officials over abduction of Kaçmaz family
A group of students, teachers and executives from Pak-Turk schools in Islamabad on Thursday called on Pakistan government to provide information about a Turkish...
Alaattin Güner: Major newspaper distribution company executive faces lifetime in jail on absurd charges
A media professional who had managed Turkey’s largest home delivery network for independent and critical newspapers is now being tried on charges of terrorism...
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