Former prosecutors, judge overseeing Iran-backed Tevhid-Selam network detained
Former judge Dursun Ali Gündoğdu and prosecutors Adnan Çimen and Sadrettin Sarıkaya, who had overseen an investigation on Iran-backed Tevhid-Selam network in Turkey until...
Reza Zarrab: Turkey’s Çağlayan given 45-50 million euros, $7 million and 4,5 million liras...
Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader whose prosecution in Manhattan has drawn sharp criticism from Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said during his...
X user arrested after posting photo of İstanbul chief prosecutor, wife on social media
An İstanbul court has ordered the arrest of a social media user who shared a photo of İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor Akın Gürlek and...
Poll shows 65 pct of Turkish public thinks Brunson’s continuing detention is right
A total of 65.4 percent of the Turkish public thinks that continuing detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson is right, according to a recent...
474 detained after anti-Syrian riots spread across Turkey in xenophobic outburst
Turkish police detained 474 people involved in a wave of anti-Syrian riots, leading to widespread property damage and heightened tensions across the country after...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrant for former CIA official Fuller
The İstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued a detention warrant for former CIA official Graham Fuller as part of an investigation into a failed...
Human Rights Watch says Turkey damaging democracy as CHP members detained
Human Rights Watch said on Saturday that the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was undermining democracy through “abusive tactics” against the main...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says businessmen who transfer wealth abroad now not ‘national’
Following negative signals and reactions from markets over his remarks urging the government not to allow some businessmen to transfer their assets abroad, Turkish...
Pro-gov’t media group accused of failing to repay $750 mln to state-owned bank
A main opposition lawmaker has reiterated on social media his written question to Turkish state lender Ziraat Bank in 2020 concerning a $750 million...
Turkish authorities issue detention warrant for police officer accused of unlawful strip-search
Turkish authorities issued a detention warrant on Tuesday for female police officer Songül Eken Kılıç for conducting an unlawful strip-search of architect Mücella Yapıcı...
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