Police use force against academics protesting purges at universities
Turkish police on Friday used pressurized water and pepper spray to disperse a group of people including academics who gathered in front of Ankara...
Erdoğan signals reinstatement of death penalty after referendum
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has revealed plans to reinstate the death penalty in Turkey following a public referendum that will be held on...
Turkey recalls spying Diyanet imams from Germany
As a result of investigations into imams who spied on Gülen movement sympathizers in Germany, Turkey has decided to recall some of the imams...
At least 13 imams involved in profiling of Gülen sympathizers in Germany
A German-based Turkish reporter tweeted on Thursday that according to a Nordrhein-Westfalen intelligence agency, 13 imams are involved in illegal profiling of Gülen movement...
Eight more academics detained amidst protests against post-coup purges
Eight academicians including Professor Mehmet Ali Malas, dean of the faculty of medicine at Katip Çelebi University in İzmir, were detained on Thursday over...
New gov’t decree paves way for sale of companies seized from critics
A new government decree issued on Thursday makes possible the sale of companies seized by the state as part of an ongoing witch hunt...
CHUV report: People sheltering in Cizre basement first killed, then burned
A report by scientists from the Vaudois University Hospital Center (CHUV) in Switzerland showed that residents who took shelter in the basement of a...
Court rules for continuation of journalist Parıldak’s imprisonment
An Ankara court on Thursday ruled for continuation of the imprisonment of journalist Ayşenur Parıldak, who has been behind bars for six months.
Parıldak, a...
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Leyla Zana relaesed by Diyarbakır court
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Ağrı deputy Leyla Zana, who is a prominent figure in Kurdish politics, was released by a Diyarbakır court...
COMMENTARY — Did Erdoğan dispatch warships to Myanmar?
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey’s Islamist rulers have not only spread fabricated news and planted false stories in the Turkish media, which is now pretty much...
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