Turkish actress sentenced to 15 months in prison for supporting pro-Kurdish newspaper
Turkish thespian Jülide Kural has received a suspended 15-month sentence for standing in for a day as editor-in-chief of a pro-Kurdish daily as a...
Germany accuses Turkey of ‘unacceptable’ spying against Gülen supporters
Boris Pistorius, the Interior Minister for Lower Saxony State of Germany, has accused Turkey of carrying out “unacceptable” spying on its soil amid allegations...
107 Kurdish politicans, activists receive record prison sentences in KCK case
In the scope of the The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) main trial, which was held at Diyarbakır 2nd Heavy Penal Court for 8 years,...
Halkbank’s Deputy CEO Arrested For Conspiring To Evade US Sanctions Against Iran And Other...
Mehmet Hakan Atilla, Deputy CEO of state largest lender Halkbank, was arrested by the agents of Federal Information Bureau (FBI) at John F. Kennedy...
Turkish PM warns EU on referendum: Mind your own business
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Tuesday that Europe should not interfere in a referendum on April 16 that will expand Turkey's already...
Hunger strike of prisoners in İzmir’s Şakran prison on 42nd day
As the hunger strike launched in İzmir's Şakran Prison has reached to its 42nd day, the families have warned that the prisoners on hunger strike...
HDP sends a letter to int’l press bodies on media embargo applied to the...
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Deputy Co-Chair Saruhan Oluç has written a letter to the national and international media organizations regarding the grave media...
Animal husbandry, street vendor last resorts for Turkish teachers dismissed in post-coup purge
M.Ö., a school counselor for 11 years, is now earning his living on animal husbandry as he was dismissed as part of a post-coup...
Zarrab hires Trump ally for defense, prosecutor objects due to conflict of interest
Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who was arrested in Miami last year for violating US sanctions on Iran hired former mayor of New...
Israel issues terror attack warning for Turkey, Egypt
Israel National Anti-Terror Bureau on Monday issued an immediate security warning for Israeli tourists in Egypt’s Sinai and Turkey against danger of an immediate terror attack...
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