Pro-government mafia leader again threatens exiled journalist, Gülen movement followers
Sedat Peker, a pro-government mafia leader in Turkey, in a street interview aired on TV openly threatened followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in...
Iranian Kurdish dissident in İstanbul dies from gunshot wounds: reports
An Iranian Kurdish dissident has died after being shot while walking home in İstanbul, Turkish media reported on Wednesday, in what rights groups described...
Turkish man belatedly released from prison despite advanced cancer dies over the weekend
A father of two who was belatedly released from prison despite suffering from advanced cancer on Sunday succumbed to his illness, the TR724 news...
Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 110 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 110 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to local...
EP members slam Pakistan: Gülen-linked schools contribute to education, social coexistence
Some members of the European Parliament have strongly condemned the Supreme Court of Pakistan for a ruling in December recognizing former staff members of...
Turkey to grant financial crimes unit the power to freeze bank accounts instantly
The Turkish Parliament is preparing to give the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) the power to immediately freeze bank accounts linked to suspicious transactions,...
Turkish gendarmes assault lawyer for speaking in Kurdish with clients
Gendarmes in southeast Turkey verbally and physically assaulted lawyer Ahmet Atış for speaking in Kurdish with clients, the Mezopotamya news agency reported on Friday.
The...
Turkish authorities sentence 21-year-old man to aggravated life over Kobani protests despite contradictory evidence
Turkish authorities have handed down an aggravated life sentence to a 21-year-old man for allegedly taking part in street protests in the country's Southeast...
Council of Europe: Altans, Ilıcak, Cumhuriyet and Zaman trials illustrate complete collapse of rule...
An annual press freedom report released by the Council of Europe (CoE) has argued that the Zaman Media Group, Cumhuriyet daily, Ahmet and Mehmet...
ECtHR risks legitimizing Turkey’s ‘bad-faith’ regime with increased deference to Turkish courts: study
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is in danger of legitimizing Turkey’s authoritarian turn by leaning too heavily on subsidiarity, a legal doctrine...
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