Turkish court blocks @TurkeyPurge twitter account for the third time
An Ankara court has ruled to block access to turkeypurge.com and @TurkeyPurge twitter account for the third time in 6 months without issuing prior notification, citing “legal consideration” of...
Turkey allows German officials to meet jailed Die Welt journalist Yücel
The Turkish government has issued permission to German Embassy officials in Turkey to visit jailed journalist Deniz Yücel, who works for the German Die...
VIDEO — Resident asks Erdoğan to seize neighbors’ flats over alleged Gülen links
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The resident of a housing complex in İstanbul to which Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently paid a visit asked him to direct...
Turkish hoteliers blast Booking.com ban amid concerns over worsening business
Turkey’s hoteliers have protested a recent decision by an İstanbul court that banned activities of the Dutch-based online hotel booking platform Booking.com in Turkey,...
Establishment of emergency rule commission may be finalized in July
The establishment of a commission that will hear complaints from people who have been affected by emergency rule that was declared in the aftermath...
Erdoğan calls on Turks in Europe to defy ‘grandchildren of Nazism’
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on Turkish voters in Europe on Monday to defy the “grandchildren of Nazism” and back a...
CHP leader sparks debate with remarks calling July 15 a ‘controlled’ coup attempt
Leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Monday attracted angry reactions from Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and...
16 including journalists, police officers re-arrested in Antalya over alleged Gülen links
A high criminal court in the southern province of Antalya ruled for the re-arrest of 16 individuals including journalists and police officers due to...
678 people from Turkey seek asylum in Belgium since July 15
According to Belgian media reports basing on information given by official institutions, as many as 678 citizens of Turkey have found or sought asylum...
Detention warrants issued for 80 due to alleged Gülen links
Police teams on Monday were conducting simultaneous operations in a number of Turkish provinces in order to detain 80 people for whom detention warrants...
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