Turkish police officer, suspended over alleged Gülen links, commits suicide
İbrahim Eski, a police officer who was suspended from his duty in the framework of an investigation carried out as part of Turkish government's...
Jailed Halkbank executive wants 15 Turkish witnesses to testify in Zarrab case in US
Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a deputy general manager of Turkish public lender Halkbank, who was arrested in the US in March 2017 on charges of...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says Germany will fail to form a government
Amid tension between Berlin and Ankara, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday that Germany will fail to form a government following...
Turkey’s Erdoğan to KRG’s Barzani: Israeli flags will not save you
Referring to an independence referendum held by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned KRG President Massoud Barzani...
HDP deputy Birlik detained on charges of insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şırnak deputy Leyla Birlik has been detained on charges of insulting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Cumhuriyet...
Turkey’s top court rules on ByLock in line with justice minister’s remarks
The Supreme Court of Appeals’ Assembly of Criminal Chambers has ruled the ByLock smart phone application to be considered evidence of membership in a...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens over alleged links to Gülen movement on Tuesday
Turkish government has detained dozens of people on Tuesday in several provinces in Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting...
Dismissed Turkish academic Gülmen taken into intensive care on her 202nd day of hunger...
Hunger striker academic Nuriye Gülmen, who has been jailed by Turkish government since May 23, 201, has been taken into intensive care on Monday...
Turkish court accepts ‘you are not guilty’ note as crime evidence
High Criminal Court in Turkey's Bolu province has assessed a note found at the house of an alleged member of the Gülen movement saying "They...
Turkey’s Justice Minister claims ByLock is strong evidence for terror charges ahead of top...
Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül said on Monday that using the ByLock smartphone application is strong evidence of membership in a terrorist organization, ahead...
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