Turkey freezes assets of 377 people, organizations on terror charges
Turkey has frozen the assets of 377 individuals and institutions, including the US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen and people with links to the worldwide...
Bill to bar entry of Turkish officials into US clears Senate subcommittee
A subcommittee of the US Senate Committee on Appropriations has passed a spending bill for the State Department that includes a section giving the...
Turkish authorities put union leader under house arrest a day after release from jail
A union leader who was arrested in February for participating in a strike and released on Monday was put under house arrest a day...
CHP deputy submits parliamentary question about 64-year-old man beaten by police in traffic
Levent Gök, a lawmaker from the Republican People's Party (CHP), submitted a parliamentary question on Wednesday about an incident involving a 64-year-old man who...
Talks on İstanbul’s Greek Orthodox seminary revive hopes for its reopening
Ongoing talks between the Turkish government and representatives from the Greek Orthodox Halki Seminary in İstanbul have revived hopes for its reopening after remaining...
Turkish court jails Islamist woman who insulted Atatürk at mausoleum
A Turkish court on Sunday jails Safiye İnci, an Islamist woman who was detained by police after she filmed herself insulting Turkey’s founding father,...
EU watchdog: Spending on Turkey fails to address democratic problems, press freedom
Billions of euros in financial aid to Turkey from the European Union have barely addressed key problems such as judicial independence and press freedom...
Turkish opposition İYİ Party’s Akşener calls for Demirtaş’s release
İYİ Party presidential candidate Meral Akşener on Tuesday called for the release from prison of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) former leader Selahattin Demirtaş, during...
Police intervene against pro-Kurdish party executives, MPs over protest outside HDP headquarters
Lawmakers and executives from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have been subjected to violence and threats by police officers in front of party...
More than 26,000 people investigated for insulting Turkish president in 2018
A total of 26,115 people were investigated on allegations of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan throughout the year of 2018, indicating a 30...
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