Turkish lieutenant colonel recants testimony, says drugged and tortured
Lt. Col. Levent Türkkan, aide-de-camp of Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, on Monday recanted his previous testimony during a hearing at the...
Journalist indicted in Turkey on terrorism charges over reporting
Turkish prosecutors have indicted Pınar Gayıp, a journalist for the Etkin News Agency (ETHA), on terrorism charges five months after her arrest, citing her...
Turkey to announce new voting rights for minority religious foundations: report
A Turkish diplomat has said that a new regulation allowing religious community foundations in Turkey to elect their own boards of directors will come...
Main opposition leader among 12 MPs facing removal of parliamentary immunity
Turkey’s parliament on Friday received 18 summaries of proceedings seeking to lift the immunity of 12 lawmakers, including main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)...
Inmate suffering from cancer to return to prison after major surgery
Gülden Aşık, a woman jailed on conviction of links to the Gülen movement who recently underwent surgery for thyroid cancer, is about to return...
Suicide attempt of girls in Turkish state-run protection facilities raises alarm
The recent suicide attempts of five girls on the same day in a child protection facility affiliated with the Turkish Ministry of Family and...
9 Boğaziçi University students sent to jail for protesting Turkey’s Afrin operation
Nine students from İstanbul's prestigious Boğaziçi University were arrested by an İstanbul court on Tuesday and put in pretrial detention while six others were...
Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs files complaint against journalist Fatih Altaylı
Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs on Monday filed a criminal complaint with the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office against journalist Fatih Altaylı for allegedly...
Another former teacher imprisoned over Gülen links dies of COVID-19
Önder Ateş, a former English teacher arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement, died in prison yesterday of COVID-19, Bold Medya reported.
Ateş had...
Gov’t to purge 300K more civil servants once it wins referendum, CHP deputy says
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Muharrem İnce claimed on Friday that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government is planning to...
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