Detention warrants issued for 33 former TÜBİTAK members over ByLock
Detention warrants have been issued for 33 former the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) members over the use of a smart...
13 Turkish journalists go on trial over alleged coup support
The first trial of 13 journalists accused of taking part in or supporting last year’s coup attempt in Turkey is to open on Wednesday...
Davut Türkel, a 59-years-old detainee, dies under police custody in Turkey
59-years-old Davut Türkel was added to the list of those who suspiciously died under the custody of Turkish police in the aftermath of a...
Fethullah Gülen says planned assassinations of prominent figures in Turkey could be blamed on...
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US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen said that Turkish government circles that have scapegoated him and his movement for all the crimes in Turkey...
Turkish gov’t detains 267 people last week over their alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained 267 people in investigations as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members of the Gülen...
Turkish government’s anti-Kurdish crackdown takes more toll: 30 people detained
As part of Turkish government's ongoing political crackdown targeting Turkey's 3rd biggest political party, pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP), Turkish police have detained numbers...
ISIL suspect kills policeman at İstanbul police headquarters
An Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suspect who was detained on suspicion of being a suicide bomber stabbed a police officer...
Jailed Amnesty director says Turkey holding them hostage to threaten Germany
Director of Amnesty International (AI) Turkey Idil Eser, who has been jailed since her detention on July 5 together with nine other human rights...
Joey Hoffman, a Dutch tourist missing for 37 days, found dead in Turkey
Joey Hoffman, a 22 year-old Dutch tourist who was holidaying in Turkey and has been missing since July 8, was found dead in the...
Pro-Erdoğan columnist says US planning to attack Turkey
A staunchly pro-government columnist, Yusuf Kaplan, wrote in his Monday column that the US is planning to attack Turkey, which he argued, would divide...
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