Die Welt reporter says he was jailed due to his reports not social media...
Deniz Yücel, a Turkish-German journalist for the German Die Welt daily, has told a group of opposition deputies who visited him in prison that...
Erdoğan advisor says Turkey to face more chaos than in post-June 7 period if...
Chief advisor to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and columnist İlnur Çevik has warned that there will be more chaos and instability in...
Tale of jailed academic exposes the absence of the rule of law in Turkey
Among thousands of academics who were dismissed and/or arrested with false charges under Turkey’s abusive anti-terror laws, a terrible ordeal of 26-year old research...
Police detain 10 students who set up stand for Int’l Women’s Day
Ten students at Ankara University were detained by police on Monday after they set up a stand on campus to mark the approaching International...
Merkel condemns Erdoğan’s ‘Nazi’ accusations amid strained ties with Turkey
Amid strained relations with Turkey, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday condemned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent remarks likening cancellation of several rallies...
Turkey gov’t systematically jails women in persecution of critics
As part of escalating crackdown on dissent and criticism which landed almost 50,000 people in jail in the last six months alone, Turkish government...
Team of AKP Deputy Chairman’s brother bombed Parliament on July 15
An indictment drafted in the case of a failed coup attempt on July 15 claims that the team of Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli, one...
Minister says Venice Commission report aims to encourage ‘no’ vote in referendum
Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has accused the Venice Commission, an advisory body of constitutional law experts, of attempting to influence public opinion in...
Turkey referred to UN Security Council over arrested judge of UN legal panel
Turkey is infringing the judicial independence of a United Nations (UN) war crimes tribunal by holding one of its judges in prison despite an...
Turkish gov’t detains 920, arrests 45 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish Interior Ministry has stated in a press release that 920 people were detained by police and 45 people were arrested by courts over...
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