Gülen movement reiterates principles, underlines transparency in statement
The faith-based network inspired by self-exiled Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, known as Hizmet (service) or more commonly the Gülen movement, issued a statement on...
Former police officer jailed over alleged Gülen links dies 2 days before release
İzzet Odabaşoğlu, a former police officer imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died of a heart attack on Sunday at Sakarya...
Irregular migrant found dead off coast of western Turkey: report
The body of one of two irregular migrants who were reported missing after their rubber dinghy sank off the coast of Çesme in Turkey’s...
Turkish court releases man behind ByLock app
A Turkish-American who hold the license for ByLock, an encrypted messaging app banned in Turkey, was released on Nov. 3 by a Turkish court,...
Turkish police torture brother of a human rights lawyer in Southeast Anatolia
A Turkish human rights lawyer has reported the torture of his brother under custody of anti-terror police in the southeastern city of Şanlıurfa, Cumhuriyet newspaper reported on...
Delayed forensic report in student’s death fuels claims of negligence
Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) on Friday released updated findings in the death of university student Rojin Kabaiş, which have reignited public outrage...
Turkey’s top appeals court rejects pro-Kurdish party’s name change request
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has refused to a give a green light to the name change request of a pro-Kurdish party on the...
Senior AKP figure targets Gülen movement supporters in hate speech
Mücahit Birinci, a member of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party’s 50-seat Central Decision and Executive Board (MKYK), targeted supporters of the faith-based Gülen...
Turkey orders detention of 222 people over Gülen links in one day
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 222 people, including military members, as part of a massive post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the...
Turkey jails another pregnant woman over alleged Gülen links despite law suspending sentences for...
A Turkish woman previously convicted of alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement has been arrested by a court and sent to prison despite...
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