US warns against travel to Turkey due to COVID-19, urges increased caution for arbitrary...
The US State Department warned its citizens on Monday against travel to Turkey due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases and also urged...
Turkey blocks X account of British reporter
Turkish authorities have blocked the X account of a journalist for the British Sky News broadcaster, she said on Monday, in the latest wave...
Former footballer Zafer Biryol to serve sentence on conviction of Gülen links
Former football player and coach Zafer Biryol (46), who in 2020 was convicted of ties to the faith-based Gülen movement and sentenced to six...
Dismissed Turkish academic Gülmen taken into intensive care on her 202nd day of hunger...
Hunger striker academic Nuriye Gülmen, who has been jailed by Turkish government since May 23, 201, has been taken into intensive care on Monday...
Turkish student gets 2-years suspended prison sentence over popular anti-Erdoğan video
Twenty-one years old university student Ali Gül, who appeared in a popular No campaign video in the run up to the April 16 presidential...
Journalist Mutlu Çölgeçen in Turkish jail for 432 days over his criticism against gov’t
A prominent journalist known for his scoops on defence and military affairs has been jailed in Turkey for 432 days over Tweet messages and...
Turkish court rules for ‘bankruptcy’ of Gülen movement affiliated Bank Asya
The Commercial Court of First Instance in İstanbul ruled late Friday for the bankruptcy of private lender Bank Asya, which had its banking license...
Lawyer rearrested days after release from prison in Turkey
Metin Can Yılmaz, a Turkish human rights lawyer who was sentenced to over 12 years in prison on alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
Press groups rally in Ankara, call for release of jailed journalists
Journalists, union representatives and opposition politicians gathered in Ankara on Thursday to protest the arrest of journalists Alican Uludağ and İsmail Arı, calling for...
Amnesty urges Turkey to stop abusing criminal justice system to silence dissent
Amnesty International has called on Turkish authorities to stop abusing the criminal justice system to silence dissent, following court rulings that acquitted 99 people...
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