Turkish first lady files complaint against BirGün daily editor for insult
Turkey’s first lady, Emine Erdoğan, filed a criminal complaint against Gökay Başcan, editor of the BirGün daily, for publishing a story covering a ban...
15-year sentence sought for MİT truck prosecutor on terror charges
An indictment prepared by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office seeks a jail sentence of between seven-and-a-half and 15 years for former prosecutor Aziz...
Arbitrary detentions related to use of a smartphone application continue in Turkey
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 102 people on accusations of using ByLock, a smartphone application that Turkish...
Turkey detains 12 people over alleged Gülen links in Ankara
Turkish police have detained 12 people in Ankara over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group targeted by the government, Turkish...
Turkey cleared public workers only after they died following 2016 coup dismissals
Turkish authorities reversed the dismissal of at least 15 civil servants only after they had died, years after they were removed from their jobs...
Prosecutors launch probe targeting people who photographed İmamoğlu trial
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday launched a second criminal investigation in as many days stemming from the corruption trial of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu,...
Turkish appeals court sentences 78-year-old man to 7 years for insulting Erdoğan
A Turkish appeals court has reversed a lower court sentence of eight years, two months in prison for 78-year-old Ali Ergin Güran and handed...
Turkey appoints trustee to run pro-opposition network TELE1
Turkish authorities have appointed a government-controlled trustee to take over management of TELE1, one of the country’s last remaining pro-opposition television networks, after the...
Turkish folk singer Aydınlar released on probation after 105 days in solitary confinement
Pınar Aydınlar, a pro-Kurdish folk singer and a member to Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) party assembly member, was released from prison on Monday on probation...
Greece seizes Libya-bound ship carrying explosive materials loaded in Turkish ports
Greek authorities have seized a Tanzanian-flagged ship heading for Libya and carrying materials, which have been loaded in Turkey's İskenderun and Mersin ports, used...
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