Turkish gov’t aims to bring researchers back home after dismissing thousands of them
A program to bring Turkish researchers back home will be launched on Dec. 15, said Mustafa Varank, Turkey’s Technology and Industry Minister on Wednesday,...
Jailed Turkish teacher Çabuk freed on bail by Georgian court
Turkish teacher Mustafa Emre Çabuk has been freed on bail by a Georgian court, according to a Monday tweet by Rebecca Harms, member of...
Swedish Embassy in Ankara expects more protests following burning of Quran in Stockholm
Following the burning of a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm on Saturday, several protests took place across Turkey over...
Turkish gov’t dismisses 7,655 people from Health Ministry over alleged links to Gülen movement
At total of 7,655 people were dismissed from the Health Ministry as part of the government’s post-coup purge of state institutions, according to official...
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog imposes millions in fines on government-critical media
According to a recent statement by Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Utku Çakırözer, Turkey’s broadcasting regulator, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed millions...
French President urges respect for rule of law in talks with Turkey’s Erdoğan
French President Emmanuel Macron told Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday that democratic countries had to respect the rule of law in...
Footage of slain feminist writer’s final statement ignites outrage
A video showing feminist writer Konca Kuriş under apparent duress, filmed by the extremist group that killed her, has surfaced on social media, sparking...
Bomb threat in German town that cancelled Turkish minister’s speech
German police on Friday called for the evacuation of the city hall in the southwestern German town of Gaggenau after it received a bomb...
Wife: Jailed former prosecutor, heavy cancer patient, needs urgent health care
The wife of a former prosecutor, İbrahim Ethem Kuriş, who has been kept in prison for 9 months over alleged involvement into the coup attempt...
109 journalists appeared in court in Turkey in May, June: report
Although the number of journalists jailed in Turkey’s prisons has begun to drop, journalists continue to face legal action for doing their job, with...
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