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...
Exiled Turkish journalist Uslu ‘sworn at,’ ‘threatened with death’ in US
Emre Uslu, an exiled Turkish journalist living in in the United States, tweeted on Sunday that he was sworn at and threatened with death...
European states must stand up against pushbacks, says CoE human rights commissioner
“Member states must take a stand against pushbacks at borders and clearly oppose attempts to legalise this illegal practice,” said Dunja Mijatović, the Council...
Turkish doctors warn of the detrimental effects of poverty on children
Turkish doctors have warned that the deepening economic crisis in the country has had detrimental effects on the physical development of children, the Birgün...
The Economist: Diyanet, Turkey’s religious authority, surrenders to political Islam
Turkey’s controversial religious body, Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), has not only ballooned in size but also begun to serve political Islamist aims after 15...
Civil society organizations call on European Union to end containment at external borders
On the fifth anniversary of the EU-Turkey migration deal, eight European civil society organizations (CSOs) have called in a joint letter for an end...
German police tell former MP he’s on hit list targeting gov’t critics in exile
The German Federal Police have warned Hasip Kaplan, a former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), of a planned assassination targeting him...
Access bans imposed on news reports mostly about Erdoğan, family in 2022: report
Turkish authorities banned access to more than 40,000 URLs in 2022, with news reports about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his family at the...
Prominent figures ask Turkish parliament speaker to safeguard jailed MP’s immunity
A total of 864 prominent figures in Turkey including artists, writers and journalists have called on Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş in a joint letter...
44 ASELSAN personnel arrested, 17 police detained over alleged Gülen links
Forty-four of 84 detained employees at Turkey’s largest defense electronics company ASELSAN were arrested in Ankara on Thursday over alleged Gülen movement links and...
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