Police confiscate Nelson Mandela book and others, detain publisher at book fair in southeastern...
Police raided the Diyarbakır 8th Book Fair on its fourth day, confiscating copies of five books and detaining a publisher, the Artı Gerçek news...
Turkey arrests newly married Kutlu couple over alleged Gülen links
The detained bridegroom Aykut Kutlu was arrested by an Uşak court on Monday over his alleged links to the Gülen movement as his spouse...
Merkel’s ally Bouffier says Erdoğan ‘not welcome’ in Germany
Volker Bouffier, vice chairman of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, said that Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has crossed...
51 detained in Turkey during protest in support of jailed PKK leader
Turkish police on Monday detained 51 people in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır who had gathered to call for the end of prison restrictions...
Germany informs Gülen sympathizers about MİT surveillance
German authorities have informed Turks linked with the Gülen movement about Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) surveillance in Germany, German media reported on Monday.
According...
Top judge secured release of detainees in exchange for bribes: secret witness
A secret witness has made allegations of bribery involving a high-ranking Turkish judge, claiming detainees were released in exchange for large sums of money,...
Court in eastern Turkey convicts members of family mistreated by police during house raid
A court in eastern Turkey has sentenced to prison two women from a family that suffered mistreatment at the hands of police officers in...
Turkish court imposes travel ban on CHP deputy Erdem following indictment
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Eren Erdem, who was not included on his party’s nomination list for the June 24 general...
Erdoğan’s bodyguards to be charged in attacks at Turkish ambassador’s DC residence
Criminal charges will be announced against 12 members of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security detail, accused by authorities of attacking protesters outside...
Turkish gov’t requests that Kosovo extradite alleged members of Gülen movement
The Turkish government requested that the Kosovo administration extradite alleged members of the Gülen movement, during a visit to the country by Turkish Foreign...
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