Dismissed professor asks for prayers for elderly father, uncle, brother in prison
Nephrology Professor Süleyman Türk has been asking for prayers for his elderly relatives who were imprisoned as part of the government’s post-coup witch hunt.
Türk...
86-year-old Isparta man in prison for months over alleged coup involvement
Ali Osman Karahan, an 86-year-old Turkish man with walking and speaking difficulties has been kept in an Isparta prison for almost eight months over alleged links...
Former EU minister says Turkey should approve executive presidency to avoid civil war
Disgraced former Minister of European Union Affairs Egemen Bağış said in a radio show on Saturday that citizens in Turkey should vote in favor...
Visually impaired journalist Arat detained and released again
Visually impaired journalist Cüneyt Arat, who is facing terror charges due to his alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, was detained again in...
Pro-Erdoğan Turkish-Dutch media funded with Dutch subsidies
Dutch-Turkish media groups that support Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were supported for years with funding from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture...
Turkish gov’t jails 84 pro-Kurdish mayors, seizes 54 municipalities to date
The Turkish government has arrested a total of 84 co-mayors from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) in the past couple of months while...
3 more campaign rallies of AKP deputy chair cancelled in Germany
As tension between Berlin and Ankara persists due to a ban on referendum campaign rallies held by Turkish ministers, three more events featuring ruling...
740 people detained in operations over alleged links with the outlawed PKK
Turkey's Ministry of Interior Affairs announced on Saturday that a total of 740 people have been detained as part of operations across Turkey against...
Detention warrants issued for 23 purged judges, prosecutors
Detention warrants were issued for 23 dismissed judges and prosecutors in İzmir as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement and a failed coup...
German intelligence head: We are not convinced Gülen is behind coup attempt
The head of the Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND), Bruno Kahl, said Turkey could not convince them that Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen was behind...
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