Erdoğan’s AKP, ultranationalist ally MHP reject motion to investigate negligence in 2015 Ankara massacre
On Wednesday, which marked the third anniversary of the biggest terrorist attack in the history of the Turkish Republic, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development...
Father of former prosecutor who died while fleeing to Greece passes away while awaiting...
The father of İbrahim Gündüz, a former public prosecutor who died with his wife as they were trying to flee to Greece, passed away...
Erdoğan announces Turkey to hold snap elections on June 24
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called snap elections on June 24, moving the date up from November 2019 after a Wednesday meeting with ultra-nationalist...
Mass transport of judges to presidential palace casts doubt on judicial independence in Turkey
In a development that cast further doubt over the independence of the judiciary in Turkey, judges and prosecutors from one of the top courts...
Erdoğan says Hürriyet daily will pay a heavy price for army-gov’t tension story
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has heavily criticized the Hürriyet daily for a report on army-government relationship, saying that the daily will pay a heavy...
Swedish appeals court upholds conviction, overturns extradition in PKK funding case
A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of Yahya Güngör, who was accused of attempting to financially support the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’...
40 military personnel, 28 teachers, 30 more detained over alleged Gülen links
As of Thursday morning, 40 members of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), 28 dismissed teachers and 30 civilians were detained over alleged links to...
Report: Turkish gov’t has prosecuted 1,539, detained 580, sentenced 103 lawyers since July 2016
The Turkish government has prosecuted 1,539 lawyers, arrested 580 and sentenced 103 lawyers to long prison terms since a controversial military coup attempt on...
Enforced disappearances worryingly common in Turkey, say human rights activists
Enforced disappearances are becoming worryingly common in Turkey, and most disappearances are not effectively investigated by prosecutors, said an international group of human rights...
Turkish TV anchor to testify in Erdoğan insult investigation
HALK TV anchor and journalist Şule Aydın has been ordered to give testimony to a prosecutor in Istanbul after an investigation was launched to...
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