Veteran actor appears in court on Erdoğan insult charges
Prominent Turkish actor Genco Erkal, 83, appeared before an İstanbul court on Thursday on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, which carries a...
Turkish court faults Birgün daily for report on Erdoğan’s son-in-law
An İstanbul court has ruled in favor of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law Selçuk Bayraktar, the chief technical officer of Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle...
Report reveals 319 children have died in workplace accidents in Turkey since 2013
At least 319 children have died in workplace accidents since 2013 in Turkey, where over 2 million children are part of the labor force,...
Int’l rights groups call on CoE to urge Turkey implement ECtHR ruling on teacher
A number of rights organizations in Europe have in a letter called on the Council of Europe to urge the Turkish government to abide...
NASA scientist, jailed by Turkey, sees the sun just one hour a day
Serkan Gölge, a Turkish-born NASA scientist who was arrested as part of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown against perceived enemies, is now allowed to see the...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 101 Air Force officers over alleged Gülen links
The Turkish government issued detention warrants for 101 military officers on Thursday and has so far detained 37 of them as part of its...
Pastor Brunson’s lawyer plans appeal to Turkey’s Constitutional Court
İsmail Cem Halavurt, the lawyer for American evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson, who is standing trial in Turkey on terrorism charges, said on Wednesday he...
17 int’l press freedom bodies write open letter to future Turkish president
Seventeen international organizations defending freedom of expression and the press published a joint letter on Wednesday on the Index of Censorship website addressing all...
Second local AKP politician killed in armed attack in Turkey within 24 hours
Aydın Ahi, the deputy chairman of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the Özalp district of Van province, was killed in armed...
Woman demanding justice for slain family members faces 4 years in prison
A Turkish public prosecutor is seeking a jail sentence of up to four years for Emine Şenyaşar, who has been demanding justice for three...
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