Mayor of Turkey’s capital city prays Harvey and Irma hurricanes continue in US
Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Melih Gökçek shared from his Twitter account on Tuesday the level of economic damage caused by Harvey and Irma hurricanes...
OSCE calls on Turkey to urgently release Cumhuriyet journalists
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir on Monday called on Turkey to release Cumhuriyet...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 63 people including intel agency employees over alleged links...
Detention warrants have been issued for 63 people including former employees of Turkish Intelligence Organization (MİT) as part of investigation into the Gülen movement,...
UK legal opinion: Turkey breaches human rights by detaining people for using ByLock
A legal opinion published in London has found that tens of thousands of Turkish citizens detained or dismissed from their jobs on the basis...
Ultranationalist columnist says Turkey must get rid of Gülen followers, hints at mass burning
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Sabahattin Önkibar, a columnist for the Aydınlık daily, which is affiliated with the ultranationalist Homeland Party (VP) of Doğu Perinçek, said on Sunday that...
Detention warrants issued for Turk Telekom’s 33 former staff over alleged links to Gülen...
Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeted the alleged members of the Gülen movement has continued on Monday with detention warrants issued by...
Jailed Turkish journalist Nazlı Ilıcak‘s KKTC citizenship to be revoked over alleged Gülen links
Prominent Turkish journalist Nazlı Ilıcak, who was in jail since July 29, 2016 over her alleged links to the Gülen movement, will reportedly be denaturalized...
Justice Ministry says 69,301 students behind bars in Turkey
Turkey's Justice Ministry has announced that 69,301 students were currently behind bars in Turkish prisons, reported by Bianet on Monday.
Responding to parliamentary inquiry of...
Turkish gov’t transfers Lice co-mayor Zuğurli from Diyarbakır Prison to Van Prison with her...
Imprisoned Lice Co-mayor Rezan Zuğurli, who has been jailed since August 17, 2017, was reportedly transferred from Diyarbakır E Type Prison to Van T...
Michael Rubin says Zarrab case in US is Turkish President Erdoğan’s nightmare
Michael Rubin, academic and former staff advisor for Iran and Iraq at the Pentagon, has stated that the inclusion of Zafer Çağlayan, as one...
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