Turkey arrests 67 among 178 detained in 2 weeks of operations targeting Gülen movement
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Friday that Turkish courts have arrested 67 people out of 178 who were detained in nationwide operations...
Turkish journalist who protested Erdoğan faces deportation from Germany
Turkish journalist Adil Yiğit, who protested during a press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel last month, has been told...
Erdoğan targets actress over incident at restaurant
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan slammed Turkish actress Deniz Çakır, who was allegedly involved in an incident involving a group of veiled women at a...
Amedspor player Deniz Naki briefly detained by Turkish police over allegedly insulting Erdoğan
Deniz Naki, a player for Diyarbakır-based Amedspor football team, was briefly detained on Tuseday over his alleged Twitter posts insulting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey's...
Turkish government asks Switzerland to track Erdoğan critics
Turkish government has requested help from Switzerland in tracking critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as part of a bilateral agreement on intelligence sharing...
Former Turkish military officer serving life sentence on coup charges dies in prison
A former Turkish military officer serving a life sentence for his alleged involvement in a coup attempt on July 15, 2016 died in prison...
Journalist investigated due to televised comments on election night
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into prominent journalist Çiğdem Toker due to her comments on television about the results of a runoff election...
Turkey sets clock back 10 years on women’s rights, says Amnesty International
Turkey has set the clock back 10 years on women's rights by withdrawing from the Istanbul Convention and has also set a “terrifying precedent,”...
Turkey remains world’s worst jailer of journalists, CPJ report says
According to a report released on Thursday by media freedom advocacy
group the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Turkey remains the
world’s worst jailer...
Turkey’s terrorism financing law tightens gov’t control of civil society: Venice Commission
The Venice Commission, the Council of Europe’s advisory body on constitutional matters, has underlined in its opinion on Turkey’s new terrorism financing law that...
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