Pro-Erdoğan radical Islamist Yeni Akit daily’s editor-in-chief Demirel stabbed to death by son-in-law
Kadir Demirel, the editor-in-chief of Yeni Akit, a radical Islamist pro-Erdoğan Turkish daily, was stabbed to death by his son-in-law in İstanbul on Monday....
Turkish court sentences jailed journalist Soncan without allowing him access to evidence
A Turkish court on April 10 handed down a prison sentence of seven-and-a-half years on terror charges to journalist Emre Soncan (36), who is...
ECtHR faults Turkey over lengthy pretrial detention of former police chiefs
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey over the lengthy pretrial detention experienced by four police chiefs who were detained in...
Former teacher arrested on Gülen charges says heating cut off in cell despite cold...
A former teacher arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement told his family during a phone call on Tuesday that the heating in...
Turkish police detain some 100 participants of peaceful demonstration
Turkish police on Thursday detained approximately 100 demonstrators who had gathered to observe the Action Day of Trade Unions for World Peace in İstanbul's...
Jailed Turkish physicist Ali Kaya: I used science to stay sane during my incarceration
Working with pen and paper and cut off from the outside world, Turkish Professor Ali Kaya who was jailed over his alleged links to...
Members of US Congress express concern about Turkey’s drone program
Twenty-seven members of the US Congress have voiced concern over Turkey’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program in a letter sent to Secretary of State...
The Kafkaesque case of a visual Turkish journalist: Don’t forget Fevzi!
On the occasion of May 3, World Press Freedom Day, Can Bahadır Yüce, a poet, academic and journalist, has written an article for English...
ECtHR rules Turkey violated prisoners’ rights by uploading their correspondence to judicial network server
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the right to respect for private life of 14 inmates by uploading...
Two more Turkish soldiers killed, 5 wounded during military operation in Syria’s Afrin
Two Turkish soldiers were killed and five wounded on Sunday during Turkish military operation in Afrin province of northern Syria, according to a statement...
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