Turkish gov’t prosecutes 178 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 274 social media accounts and taken legal action against 178 users over the last week (Aug. 27-Sept. 3) on...
Bluesky restricts access to 72 accounts in Turkey amid government pressure
Bluesky has restricted access to 72 accounts and one post in Turkey, marking a shift for the decentralized social media platform that had previously...
20-year-old woman takes own life, saying she saw no future under AKP rule
A 20-year-old woman died by suicide on Monday evening, saying the results of the May 14 elections in Turkey left her in despair and...
Teacher arrested on Gülen links in critical condition after contracting COVID
Hakan Baş, 46, a former history teacher who was arrested for alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement, was hospitalized after contracting COVID-19 in İstanbul's...
Turkey’s Erdoğan urges Beninese president to eliminate Gülen-linked activity in Benin
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pressed Beninese President Patrice Talon to take necessary steps to end the activities of followers of the Gülen...
İstanbul city officials among 47 detained in new crackdown after Erdoğan rival’s arrest
Turkish authorities detained 47 people on Saturday, including senior officials from İstanbul’s opposition-run municipality as well as the brother-in-law of the city’s recently suspended...
6 mln votes cast in 22,000 ballot boxes in May 14 elections are ‘suspicious’:...
The nationalist İYİ (Good) Party has raised allegations of election fraud that potentially affected 6 million votes cast in tens of thousands of ballot...
Journalists, politicians protest in Berlin after attack on exiled Turkish journalist
Dozens of journalists and politicians protested in Berlin on Friday against a recent attack on Erk Acarer, a Turkish journalist critical of President Recep...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan sends an operative as ambassador to the Netherlands
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The appointment of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan confidante and corrupt politician Şaban Dişli as a non-career ambassador to the Netherlands suggests the Turkish...
Turkish authorities detain popular street interviewer after Erdoğan criticizes independent journalism
A day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan targeted street interviews in a public speech, well-known interviewer Arif Kocabıyık was detained in the southern...
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