Turkish gov’t detains 568 people in one week over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 568 people have been detained in the past week due to alleged links to the faith-based...
Turkish court releases journalist Ömer Çelik as kept others in prison
An İstanbul court has released journalist Ömer Çelik, the news director of now-closed Dicle news agency (DİHA) on Tuesday, as the court decided for...
Turkish navy’s elite special ops officer was brutally tortured by his former colleagues: report
Murat Fırat, a 41-year-old officer at the Turkish navy’s elite special forces unit, Underwater Offense (Su Altı Taarruz, or SAT), an equivalent of the...
Turkey orders detention of 75 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week have ordered the detention of 75 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based...
Opposition roadmap for undoing Erdoğan’s legacy
Turkey’s multi-faceted opposition alliance wants to undo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s two-decade legacy of highly centralized and religiously conservative rule.
Here is a look at...
Turkey’s earthquake toll tops 48,000 as gov’t races to build container cities
The death toll in Turkey from last month’s major earthquakes has risen to 48,448, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Monday, as authorities rush...
Daniel Pipes: Accusation targeting Gülen on Turkish coup is usual Erdoğan puffery and deceit
Daniel Pipes, an American historian, writer, and commentator who is the president of the Middle East Forum and publisher of its Middle East Quarterly...
Turkish journalist Yücel criticizes Erdoğan visit to Germany as he accepts media award
Deniz Yücel, a German-Turkish journalist who remained in pre-trial detention in Turkey for about one year, criticized the German president for inviting Turkish President...
US religious freedom commission recommends placing Turkey on special watch list for serious violations
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended that the State Department place Turkey on its special watch list based on the...
Court denies judge recusal request from journalists standing trial for alleged Gülen links
An İstanbul court on Monday rejected a request for the recusal of a judge made by journalists who are standing trial over alleged links...
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