Appeals court upholds sentences handed down to 5 journalists for reporting on intel officer’s...
A regional appeals court in İstanbul has upheld prison sentences handed down to five journalists over their reports on a Turkish intelligence officer killed...
Erdoğan accuses digital platforms of promoting ‘deviant trends’ threatening family values
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused global digital platforms of encouraging what he described as “deviant trends,” claiming that Turkey’s traditional family structure is...
Turkey detains 24 more over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police detained 24 individuals on Tuesday over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in a series of coordinated house raids in seven...
117,208 people in Turkey have been convicted of alleged Gülen links since failed coup
A total of 117,208 people have been convicted while more than 600,000 have been the subject of investigation in Turkey due to alleged links...
Turkish court hands down prison sentences to journalists in retrial due to Gülen links
A Turkish court sentenced six journalists to prison on terrorism-related charges due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement in a retrial following...
German police detain suspected hitman with list of Gülen followers: Der Spiegel
German police on Sept. 17 raided a hotel in Düsseldorf and detained a 40-year-old Turkish man with a gas pistol and a large amount...
Prosecutor finds no grounds for legal action against policemen who allegedly mistreated Kurdish minors
The Van Public Prosecutor's Office said there were no grounds for legal action against policemen who allegedly mistreated three Kurdish minors in detention in...
Jailed journalist Ünal: Indictment has lost validity as prosecutor suspended
Mustafa Ünal (51), a jailed veteran journalist and former Ankara bureau chief for the now-closed Zaman daily, has said since the prosecutor who indicted...
Turkey’s ex-President Gül would be branded as ‘Gülenist,’ jailed, if he had joined opposition
Turkey's former President Abdullah Gül would have been labeled as a follower of the Gülen movement and subsequently jailed if he had joined the...
Pro-Kurdish party calls for ‘peace law,’ end to trustees after PKK’s laying down of...
Tülay Hatimoğulları, co-chair of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party, has said concrete legal steps, including a “peace law,” the removal of government-appointed trustees and broader...
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