Air force cadets convicted on coup charges suffering from COVID-19 in prison
Air force cadets serving time in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison on conviction of taking part in an abortive putsch in Turkey on July 15,...
Mobster’s brother admits to field mission to kill Turkish Cypriot journalist
Atilla Peker, the brother of notorious Turkish mob boss Sedat Peker, has confirmed his brother’s recent claims, confessing that the mobster sent him on...
Erdoğan sues opposition politician who referred to him as ‘occupier’ of presidency
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a lawsuit against a main opposition party politician who once referred to Erdoğan as “occupying” the presidency,...
Turkish diplomats spied on critics in Argentina, documents reveal
Judicial documents have confirmed that Turkish educators, representatives of local associations and businessmen living in Argentina were profiled by Turkish diplomats and reported to...
Erdoğan praises attack on opposition leader, threatens more of the same
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the people of his hometown of Rize taught an opposition leader who paid a visit there last...
Images of 83-year-old inmate taken to hospital in handcuffs spark outrage
Images on social media of an ailing 83-year-old man incarcerated in Diyarbakır Prison being taken to a hospital in handcuffs has caused outrage among...
2 more infants join their mothers in Turkish prison as crackdown on dissidents continues
As families continue to fall victim to Turkey's post-coup purge, two more infants, 3-month-old Mehmet Mirza and 1-year-old Ahmet Ümit, joined their mothers in...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court denied release request of sick academic who died of COVID-19 in...
The Turkish Constitutional Court on May 11, 2020 had denied a request for the release of sick academic Halil Şimşek, who died in western Çanakkale Prison...
Interior minister attempted to censor BBC Turkish over mafia boss’s claims
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said he called his British counterpart to complain about a report in the BBC’s Turkish edition concerning recent allegations...
Recent Israel-Palestine conflict triggers anti-Semitism in Turkey, raises concern among Jewish minority
The recent conflict in the Middle East has increased anxiety among Turkey's Jewish community, which has become the victim of increasing anti-Semitism and social...
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