Report: 161,751 people detained, 50,334 people arrested in Turkey over alleged Gülen links
At least 161,751 people were detained and 50,334 people were arrested in Turkey in the framework of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign...
34 employees of government-seized Kaynak Holding jailed over alleged Gülen links
A total of 34 people, who were employees of Turkish business conglomerate Kaynak Holding which was seized in the wake of the controversial coup...
Deputy Parliament Speaker, HDP deputy Buldan released after brief detention
Deputy Parliament Speaker and pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Pervin Buldan was released after she was briefly detained on Monday.
Buldan was detained at...
Turkey’s HDP, MHP lodge dissenting opinion on coup commission report due to shortcomings, contradictions
The opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) announced on Monday that they have lodged a dissenting opinion to a parliamentary...
Closed Jin news agency’s editor Zehra Doğan jailed in Turkey’s Diyarbakır
Journalist and artist Zehra Doğan, who was an editor of now-closed pro-Kurdish Jin news agency (JINHA) was arrested on Monday as she was travelling...
Ankara mayor Gökçek claims foreign powers behind quake in Aegean Sea
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake in the Aegean Sea on Monday hit Turkey’s western region, with shock waves felt in İstanbul and in neighboring provinces. Following...
386 people detained in Turkey over alleged Gülen links over past week
A total of 386 people were detained across Turkey as part of a massive post-coup witch hunt targeting the alleged members of the Gülen...
60-year-old Turkish woman commits suicide as husband under arrest for 10 months
A 60-year-old woman, identified with initials H.G., hanged herself in her house in Söke district of Aydın province, according to local media on Sunday....
Man who killed 5 relatives in Turkey’s Konya province claims they were American spies
Atılgan Kömür (29), who early Monday morning killed five of his relatives in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, has said they deserved to...
Turkey’s pro-gov’t daily editor-in-chief: Will you find a better caliph than Erdoğan?
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Turkey's pro-government Star daily Editor-in-Chief Nuh Albayrak said during a TV show on Sunday that he has been raising the issue of reinstating the...
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