Erdoğan orders shutdown of university linked to political rival: report
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ordered the closure of a university in İstanbul linked to a rival and former prime minister, according to...
Turkey’s top court: Using messaging app ByLock can be considered evidence of membership...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court in a ruling published June 26 denied a petition in which the applicant had claimed that using the messaging app ByLock...
Turkish regulator suspends pro-opposition Halk TV, TELE1 broadcasts for 5 days
İlhan Taşcı, a member of Turkey’s broadcast regulator, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), announced on Twitter today that RTÜK has ruled to...
Up to 60 migrants feared dead in eastern Turkey lake after boat sinks: report
Up to 60 migrants may have been trapped in a boat that sank in a lake in eastern Turkey last week, The Associated Press...
Secret gov’t witness who testified in over 100 cases recants his testimony, citing mental...
In a petition to Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals, İ.Ö., a secret witness who testified in more than 100 cases, said his testimony should...
President Erdoğan: We will take social media under control
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on July 1 that he and his government would take social media platforms under control, Turkish media reported.
Delivering...
Turkish purge victim, rights activist loses battle against cancer
Haluk Savaş, 54, a leading human rights activist and a victim of a large-scale post-coup purge in Turkey, lost his battle against cancer on...
İstanbul lawyers protest gov’t meddling in bar associations
A group of lawyers gathered in front of the Çağlayan Courthouse in İstanbul on Tuesday to protest a government bill aimed at amending the...
NASA scientist, kept in prison by Turkey over Gülen links, returns to US: report
An American NASA scientist returned with his family to the United States early Tuesday morning after nearly four years of imprisonment and house arrest...
CCBE: Independence, integrity and freedom of expression of the legal profession at stake in...
Brussels based Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) expressed “serious concerns over the recent repressions by the Turkish authorities on the...
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