Macron calls Erdoğan again to seek jailed French journalist’s release
French President Emmanuel Macron phoned Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan again on Sunday after his call on Tuesday to demand the immediate release...
Turkish gov’t detains 400 people in one week over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 400 people have been detained in one week due to their alleged links to the Gülen...
Turkey jails retired diplomat, former intelligence officer Altaylı over his alleged links to Gülen...
Turkish government has jailed Enver Altaylı, a 73-year-old Enver former diplomat and former personnel of notorious National Intelligence Organization (MİT) on Sunday. An Ankara court, which is...
Maximum pretrial detention in Turkey increased from 5 to 7 years
As thousands of people imprisoned under the country’s sweeping anti-terror laws have been languishing in jail for years awaiting trial, a new decree issued...
İHD: 2,722 killed in Turkey’s Southeast since end of Kurdish settlement process in July...
A report released by the Human Rights Association (İHD) has revealed that 2,722 people have been killed in violence in Turkey’s Southeast since the...
Turkish Airlines stops distributing ‘Heroes’ kits on overseas flights
Following a series of detentions across Turkey of people wearing T-shirts bearing the word “Hero,” an alleged symbol of support for last year’s coup...
Turkish Deputy PM Bozdağ says German Foreign Minister Gabriel has ‘inferiority complex’
Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ has targeted Germany’s foreign minister Sigmar Gabirel after he offered damning criticism of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip...
A nurse, mother of 7-month-old, commits suicide after purged by gov’t decree in Turkey
Sevgi Balcı, mother of a seven-month-old baby and a nurse who was fired by a government decree in October 2016, committed suicide by hanging...
Jailed police chief Anadolu Atayün’s wife detained by Turkish government
Turkish government has detained Birsen Atayün, the wife of jailed police chief Anadolu Atayün, just days after her 15-year-old son and 17-year-old daughter were...
Turkey seeks justice: Main opposition CHP’s congress begins in Çanakkale
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) launched a justice congress in the western province of Çanakkale, demanding the release of jailed CHP deputy...
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