Bierhoff: Özil should have been left off World Cup squad after photo with Erdoğan
Germany should have considered leaving midfielder Mesut Özil out of the World Cup squad following the furor caused by the player’s photo with Turkish...
Veteran journalist faces up to 7.5 years in prison for ‘PKK propaganda’ in TV...
Turkish journalist Ayşenur Arslan, a veteran broadcaster and former presenter on the pro-opposition Halk TV, faces up to seven and a half years in...
Turkey has largest number of cases pending before European rights court
Approximately 20,100 applications from Turkey are pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), making it the highest case-count country since Aug. 1,...
Another Syrian refugee falls victim to apparent hate crime
Another Syrian refugee in Turkey has become a victim of a hate crime as an unidentified young man who was collecting trash was assaulted...
German Interior Ministry bans Erdoğanist gang Osmanen Germania
Germany has banned Turkish-nationalist biker gang Osmanen Germania BC, accusing the group of carrying out violent crimes, according to a report by Deutsche Welle...
Turkey sends former police chief to prison for 6 years for alleged links to...
Yusuf Lerik, a former police chief, was sent to prison on Monday in the southern city of Adana to serve a sentence of six...
Massive earthquake kills hundreds in southern Turkey, Syria
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early on Monday, killing hundreds of people, levelling buildings while many were still asleep, and sending tremors...
81-year-old Turkish actress gets suspended sentence on Erdoğan insult charges
An 81-year-old Turkish actress has been given a suspended sentence of 11 months, 20 days on charges of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkish court sentences singer, actress Olcay to 10 months in prison for ‘insulting Erdoğan’
Turkish singer and actress Zuhal Olcay has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for “insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan” by İstanbul's 46th...
Turkey’s top appeals court overturns sentences of 31 privates in 2016 attempted coup case
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of 31 soldiers sentenced to life in prison over their alleged involvement in a 2016...
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