WSJ reporter Albayrak sentenced to prison by Turkish court
A Turkish court sentenced Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Ayla Albayrak to 2 years and 1 month in prison Tuesday, declaring her guilty of...
Jailed pro-Kurdish HDP’s Demirtaş refuses to attend hearing in Turkish court
A lawyer of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş has said on Tuesday that his client will not appear in the first...
Media worker who faces lifetime jail appears in Turkish court without a lawyer
A media worker who worked for a critical national newspaper has been finally brought to the court for a trial hearing after months of...
JWF releases ‘The State of Turkey’s Children: Victims of Unlawfulness’ report
New York-based the Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) has launch a social media campaign on Twitter with the hashtag #Freedom4Children via JWF`s official account...
Turkish police detain yet another woman shortly after delivery
Teacher Ü. Monos, who gave birth on Tuesday, was detained shortly after delivery by police who were waiting outside her room at Ankara Ortadoğu...
Turkey detains daughter of US consulate employee amid Turkish-American tension
The daughter of a US Consulate staff member for whom Turkish authorities issued a detention warrant on Sunday over alleged links to the faith-based...
Turkish police intervene commemorations of Ankara massacre victims
People who lost their lives in the October 10 Ankara Massacre are remembered on the second anniversary of the incident. However, Turkish police attacked...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko knocking on table can’t keep Turkey’s Erdoğan awake at press briefing
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday dozed off many times during a press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, in Kiev.
A...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 108 more military members over Gülen links
The Konya Chief Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 70 soldiers of various ranks as part of Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt...
US Ambassador to Turkey on suspension of visa services: This was not a decision...
US Ambassador to Turkey John Bass has released a written statement on Monday over suspension of all non-immigrant visa services at all US diplomatic...
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