Turkey jails 19-year-old over allegedly ‘insulting’ Erdoğan on social media
A 19-year-old university student has been arrested by an Edirne court over allegedly “insulting” Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, the Diken...
Court charges jailed US pastor with attempting to destroy constitutional order in Turkey
A Turkish court on Thursday charged American pastor Andrew Brunson, who was jailed in Turkey in October due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
Erdoğan’s advisor Bulut says EU is sick, Turkey must part ways with it
Yiğit Bulut, a chief advisor of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said the European Union (EU) is sick and struck by a...
Turkish Justice Minister says Germany has not replied to Turkey over coup suspect
Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül has said Germany has not replied to Turkey over whether the prime suspect in Turkey’s attempted coup last year,...
Turkish Parliament rejects Demirtaş’s request to attend HDP meetings via video conference
A request by pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been behind bars since November, to address his party members from...
Turkish governor in Samsun says teachers can beat students to discipline them
Samsun Governor Osman Kaymak, who was appointed from Tunceli province last month, has told teachers that they can beat students in order to discipline...
Turkish gov’t detains man with ‘Council of Peace in Country’ tattoo over ‘terror propaganda’
A man with a tattoo on his arm reading “The Council of Peace in the Country” has been detained in Kayseri province of Turkey...
Turkish government detains lawyers of jailed hunger striking educators
The lawyers for jailed hunger strikin educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça — Ayşegül Çağatay, Ebru Timtik, Didem Ünsal and Naim Eminoğlu — were...
Turkey’s main opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu says Erdoğan has occupied all state institutions
Turkey's's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said Turkey's autocratic President and Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party...
A criminal complaint filed against demolition of ancient Hasankeyf by Turkish gov’t with explosives
Libertarian Lawyers Platform (ÖHP) has filed a criminal complaint with the Batman Chief Prosecutor's Office against those who are responsible for making rocks fall...
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