İstanbul mayor’s alleged use of Wickr Me cited as ‘ByLock-like’ evidence in espionage probe

A Turkish prosecutor has cited jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s alleged use of the encrypted messaging app Wickr Me as critical evidence in a...

30 arrested for bringing migrants from Turkey to EU on leisure boats: report

Italian, Albanian and Greek police in a joint operation on Wednesday arrested people accused of profiteering several hundred million euros to smuggle refugees and...

Femicide victim was told by police to deal with abuse herself, witness testimony reveals

Remziye Yoldaş, who was murdered by her husband Veysi Yoldaş in August 2020, was told to "deal with it yourself” by police officers when...

Turkey’s Justice Minister: 149,833 investigated, 48,636 arrested since July 15 coup attempt

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ on Saturday said 149,833 people have been investigated and 48,636 have been jailed as part of an investigation targeting...

Turkey arrests another opposition mayor as probes into CHP-run municipalities continue

A Turkish court has arrested Bora Balcıoğlu, the mayor of İstanbul’s Silivri district, and nine others as part of a corruption investigation into the...

Turkey’s Milli Gazete newspaper claims pro-gov’t company offered advertising in exchange for self-censorship

Turkey’s conservative Milli Gazete daily has claimed that a full-page ad from discount supermarket chain BİM that was scheduled to be published today was...

Turkish gov’t harshly reacts US’ decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israeli capital

Turkish government has hardly reacted against the decision of the US's formally recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The decision was announced by US...

Journalist Mehmet Çakmakçı sent to jail by Turkish court in Diyarbakır

A Diyarbakır court decided to jail Kurdish journalist Mehmet Çakmakçı, who uses the pen name Şiyar Dicle, pending trial on terrorism charges on Wednesday,...

Turkey issues detention warrants for 34 people over alleged ByLock use

Turkish authorities ordered the detention of 34 people on Tuesday, including teachers, nurses and active and dismissed police officers, for allegedly using the ByLock...

Press freedom groups demand release of 3 journalists in Turkey

Ten press freedom organizations on Thursday called for the immediate and unconditional release of three journalists arrested in Turkey earlier this month as part...
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