Turkey’s Erdoğanist Maarif Foundation has seized 97 overseas schools affiliated with Gülen movement
Birol Akgün, the head of Turkey's Maarif Foundation, stated in an interview to a mouthpiece media outlet of the Turkish government led by President...
Teenager arrested for spray-painting Atatürk monument in Turkey
A Turkish court arrested a 16-year-old who spray-painted a monument of Turkey’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, in the western city of İzmir on the...
Turkish colleagues appeal int’l community for Journalist Parıldak: Please be Ayşenur’s hope, before it’s...
A group of Turkish journalists who identify themselves as "Ayşenur’s Journalist Colleagues" have appealed the international community and international civil society organizations to "do not leave...
Police confiscate Nelson Mandela book and others, detain publisher at book fair in southeastern...
Police raided the Diyarbakır 8th Book Fair on its fourth day, confiscating copies of five books and detaining a publisher, the Artı Gerçek news...
9 women detained in Turkey over alleged ties to Gülen movement
Nine women have been detained as part of an operation targeting the alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in an operation based in...
Turkey’s harassment of critics abroad reached to South Africa
The outgoing Turkish ambassador in South Africa has openly admitted that the harassment of members of Gulen movement who seek refuge in African nation...
Turkish gov’t to liquidate 6 companies seized from businessman over Gülen links
Six subsidiaries of Dumankaya Holding, which was seized by the Turkish government under a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a controversial...
Turkish government’s oppression against Kurds intensifies
Acting under the directives of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the government of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has intensified its war and persecution...
Noncommissioned officer accused of abduction and rape remains free pending trial
A Turkish court yesterday rejected a request for the arrest of Musa Orhan, a noncommissioned gendarmerie officer who allegedly kidnapped and raped 18-year-old Ipek...
Turkey arrests 9 journalists working for pro-Kurdish media
Nine out of 11 journalists working for pro-Kurdish news outlets who were detained in police operations last week were arrested on Saturday, Turkish Minute...
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