Court decides to remove judicial supervision measures on 7 journalists
A high criminal court in İstanbul on Tuesday decided to remove judicial supervision measures imposed on seven journalists who are being retried due to...
EP Rapporteur Piri suggests formal suspension of accessions talks with Turkey
Kati Piri, the European Parliament’s (EP) rapporteur on Turkey, said in a report presented to the EP on Wednesday that the continuation of a negotiating...
YouTubers face up to four-and-a-half years over joke about the Prophet Muhammad
Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment demanding prison sentences of up to four-and-a-half years for a YouTube program host and his guest, who were...
Mother of Kurdish soccer player detained for not standing during Turkish national anthem
Fatma Aydın, the mother of Kurdish professional soccer player Oktay Aydın, was briefly detained on Sunday for failing to stand during the national anthem...
Number of Turkish citizens seeking asylum in Netherlands has skyrocketed in 2021
The number of Turkish citizens who have sought asylum in the Netherlands this year has skyrocketed, according to statistics released by the country’s Immigration...
COMMENTARY – Erdoğan’s caliphate dream put in motion in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt
Further evidence was revealed in Turkey earlier this month accentuating the long-held ambitions of the corrupt President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to steer the...
Doctor warns of risk of stroke for 75-year-old former media owner jailed over Gülen...
Alaeddin Kaya, a 75-year-old former media owner jailed over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, faces a risk of stroke and should be...
6 Turkish police officers indicted for torturing detainees
İstanbul prosecutors have indicted six police officers on charges of torturing three people in their custody in 2022, the T24 news website reported.
The detainees...
Educator İnandı still unable to use right arm due torture and mistreatment, photos reveal
Photographs released by the administration of Turkey's notorious Silivri Prison on Saturday revealed that Orhan İnandı, a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator rendered to Turkey from Kyrgyzstan,...
Abducted by Turkish intelligence in Baku, Gülenist teacher put in pre-trial detention in Ankara:...
Mehmet Gelen, a Turkish teacher who was reportedly abducted in Baku early on Saturday morning, turns out to have been forcibly returned to...
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