Professor İştar Gözaydın released from prison by an İstanbul court
Prominent professor and social scientist İştar Gözaydın, who has been behind bars since Dec. 20, 2016 on terror charges, has been released from prison by an...
AKP mayor condemns CoE for not saying Gülen movement behind failed coup
Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Antalya Mayor Menderes Türel, who represented Turkey at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council...
German lawmakers slam Turkish gov’t for MİT’s spying on colleague
German lawmakers have voiced anger at claims that Turkey is spying on a fellow member of Parliament. The caucus leader of the Social Democratic...
40 police officers sent to jail over alleged coup involvement in İstanbul
An İstanbul court ruled for the arrest of 40 police officers on Thursday over alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Cumhuriyet daily has...
Booking.com says it will appeal court decision banning activities in Turkey
Dutch-based online hotel booking platform Booking.com said on Thursday it would appeal a court decision made the previous day that banned its activities in...
Economy Minister Zeybekçi protests detention of Halkbank’s Atilla in US
Turkey’s Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci on Thursday reacted to the detention of Halkbank Deputy General Manager Mehmet Hakan Atilla in the US on charges...
Amnesty launches campaign to show solidarity with jailed journalists in Turkey
Amnesty International launched a campaign on Twitter on Thursday to support jailed journalists in Turkey, calling for their release, with the hashtag #FreeTurkeyMedia.
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Erdoğanist mob attacks opponents at Turkey’s Brussels consulate as they vote for referendum
Pro-Erdoğan mob has attacked the pro-Kurdish opponents of Turkish government on their way to Turkish Consulate in Brussels to cast their votes for Turkey's...
2586 people detained, 423 jailed in post-coup witch hunt in March
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and...
Pro-gov’t daily calls for investigation of German foundations in Turkey
The pro-government Yeni Şafak daily has called on Turkish authorities to launch an investigation into German foundations in Turkey, claiming that these organizations are...
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