Turkish internet celebrity urges witch hunt against food influencer over alleged Gülen links
YouTuber, Twitch streamer and podcaster Ahmet Sonuç, known online as Jahrein, who was recently arrested on obscenity charges, has instigated a smear campaign against...
Prominent Turkish doctor faces fresh terrorism charges as part of new investigation
The head of a leading doctors union who was arrested in October on terrorism-related charges is facing a new investigation as a part of...
183 members of Congress call on US government to address human rights abuses in...
A bipartisan group of 183 US lawmakers sent a letter on February 26 to Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on the United States government to...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for at least 138 people over alleged Gülen links
The Turkish government issued detention warrants for at least 138 people including dozens of military personnel and 17 teachers on Thursday as part of...
Landlords in İstanbul accused of exploiting refugees with deportation scheme
Some landlords in İstanbul are allegedly exploiting refugees by demanding large upfront rental payments and then orchestrating their deportation to pocket the rent, according...
Former officer fatally shot by police while trying to flee persecution in Turkey
Sedat Türkmen, a former police officer who was fired by an emergency decree as part of Turkey's post-coup purge of state institutions, died of...
Google favors pro-gov’t media over critical outlets in Turkey: report
An International Press Institute (IPI) report has shown that news-related Google searches are much more likely to produce results from pro-government media outlets than...
Turkish publicist arrested over election comment on social media
Hakan Aykut Nili, an advertising publicist, was arrested last week for a comment made on social media about the results of the June 24...
Former main opposition leader, on trial for calling Erdoğan a ‘thief,’ sued again for...
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the former leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), is facing a new defamation lawsuit filed by President Recep Tayyip...
Daughters of jailed Turkish police chief voice concerns about father’s safety in video message
Two daughters of Yurt Atayün, a former police chief who was incarcerated in the summer of 2014 for taking part in a corruption investigation,...
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