Malaysia gov’t does Erdoğan’s bidding in persecuting Gülen movement members
The crackdown by Malaysia government on critics and opponents of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Kuala Lumpur, appeared to have taken place...
Teacher dies after allegedly falling from balcony as police raid home to detain
Gültekin Payat, a 41-year-old teacher with an outstanding arrest warrant issued against him as part of a post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the Gülen movement,...
Seized Gülen-affiliated media outlets being sold to pro-gov’t media groups without tender
A number of TV and radio stations, which were closed down by the government in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on July...
DİHA reporter sentenced to 9 years on World Press Freedom Day in Turkey
Mehmet Güleş, a reporter for the pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DİHA), which was closed by the government following a coup attempt in Turkey on...
CHP to file criminal complaint against YSK members
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Wednesday said they would file a criminal complaint about members of the Supreme Election Board (YSK)...
Erdoğan adviser warns Turkish jets may accidentally hit US forces in Syria
Chief adviser to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and columnist İlnur Çevik has warned that Turkish jets may accidentally hit US soldiers in...
Amnesty projects names of jailed journalists on Turkish Embassy building in the Hague
Amnesty International on Tuesday night projected the names of imprisoned Turkish journalists onto the facade of the Turkish Embassy in The Hague.
The protest came...
Turkish court releases jailed HDP Siirt deputy Konca
A high criminal court in the eastern province of Batman on Wednesday decided to release on judicial probation pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Siirt...
Greek court turns down new extradition request for Turkish officers
A Greek court on Wednesday blocked a second request by Turkey for the extradition of soldiers who fled to Greece in July after a...
22 detained at Kocaeli Police Department over alleged Gülen links
Twenty-two staff members at the Kocaeli Police Department were detained on Wednesday as part of an investigation targeting alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen...
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