Moldova convicts ex-intel chief over illegal deportation of Turkish dissidents: report
Vasile Botnari, the former head of the Moldovan secret service, received a suspended sentence and a substantial fine over the rendition of seven Turkish...
Turkish gov’t agency unlawfully ordered asset seizure of President Erdoğan’s critics: report
Turkey’s Land Registry and Cadastre Directorate General bypassed the judiciary to seize the assets of critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a circular communiqué obtained...
Turkish lawyer arrested after opposing clemency for quake-case suspects
Naim Eminoğlu, a lawyer and executive of the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), was arrested on Thursday in İstanbul over alleged links to the faith-based...
RTÜK fines 3 TV stations for airing debates on crime boss’s corruption claims
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog has imposed a fine on three TV stations for airing debate programs during which the inner workings of an alleged corruption...
Turkey should scrap ‘obsolete and unjustified’ offense of insulting the president: HRW
Human Rights Watch has renewed its call for Turkey to repeal Article 299 of the penal code, which criminalizes “insulting the president,” citing recent...
Police officer with classic cellphone jailed over alleged use of smart phone app
Yeni Asya columnist Kazım Güleçyüz released a letter from the child of a former police officer who was arrested over his alleged use of...
Turkish gov’t detains 312 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government detained a total of 312 people last week (Aug. 6- Aug. 13) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting...
Turkey’s intelligence service abducts 2 people from Azerbaijan and Ukraine over Gülen links
Two people were detained abroad and transported to Turkey by agents of the country's notorious National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) on Thursday over their alleged...
463 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in first quarter of year
At least 463 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in the first quarter of 2023, according to a reportby the Health and Safety Labor...
Turkish bank executive Atilla denies links with Zarrab in first interrogation in US court
Lawyers of Mehmet Hakan Atilla, the deputy general manager at Turkish state-owned Halkbank, who is on trial in a New York court case that...
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