Turkish prison administration sets up CCTV cameras in toilets, bathrooms of women’s section
The administration of infamous Silivri Prison in İstanbul, a facility that holds mainly political prisoners, has set up CCTV cameras in the toilets and...
Turkish top court rejects pro-Kurdish HDP deputies’ petition over loss of parliamentary status
Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM) on Thursday denied applications by pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Van deputy Tuğba Hezer Öztürk and Şırnak deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız...
Amnesty International’s chief not allowed to visit jailed Turkish human rights defender İdil Eser
Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty was not permitted to visit the Amnesty’s Turkey director İdil Eser, who was jailed on “terrorism” charges two...
Detention warrants issued for 35 military members over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Mersin Chief Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 35 soldiers of various ranks as part of a witch-hunt targeting people claimed to...
Turkish spy Sayan confesses working for MİT at first hearing in Germany for monitoring...
Mehmet Fatih Sayan, an alleged member of National Intelligence Agency (MİT) of Turkey, has stood trial for alleged plans to assassinate Kurdish politicians in...
Turkish coup suspect colonel says ‘putschists’ planes’ took off on MİT orders
Staff Lt. Col. Hakan Karakuş, one of the suspects in an ongoing trial concerning a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016, has said...
Former governor given 7,5-year jail sentence over his alleged links to Gülen movement
An Ankara court has handed down prison sentence of 7 years 6 months to former Bitlis governor Veysel Yurdakul on charges of membership in...
Turkish court releases coup suspect general on probation
An Antalya court on Wednesday ruled for the release of former Antalya 3rd Infantry Training Brigade Commander Brig. Gen. Mustafa Kaya, who has been...
US Senate committee chairman asks if Turkey has become too dangerous for foreigners to...
Republican Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, on Wednesday questioned whether or not it’s safe for foreigners to...
US charges former Turkish minister, 3 others with conspiring to evade sanctions on Iran
The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Wednesday the filing of a superseding indictment charging former Turkish Economy...
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